Carcass characteristics and meat evaluation of Nelore cattle subjected to different antioxidant treatments

ABSTRACT Forty Nelore cattle were used to evaluate the effects of supplementation with different antioxidants on carcass characteristics and meat quality of feedlot cattle. Animals were fed Brachiaria brizantha hay and subjected to five treatments (control and four antioxidants: zinc, selenium, vita...

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Main Authors: Thiago de Jesus do Carmo, Vanessa Peripolli, João Batista Gonçalves Costa Jr, Candice Bergmann Tanure, Maria Clorinda Soares Fioravanti, João Restle, Liris Kindlein, Concepta McManus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982017000200138&lng=en&tlng=en