Abstract

ARENAS DE MORENO, Lilia et al. Effect of Strategic Supplementation, Implant Regime and Gender on the Proximate and Mineral Composition of Raw and Cooked Bovine Meat.. Rev. Cient. (Maracaibo) [online]. 2008, vol.18, n.1, pp.65-72. ISSN 0798-2259.

The effect of supplementation, implant regime (IR) and gender (G) on the proximal and mineral composition of the raw and cooked longissimus dorsi muscle, from 89 animals (77 bulls and 12 steers) was studied. A randomly selected group of animals was grass-fed (NSUE) and other was strategically supplemented (SUE). One group (n= 49) was implanted with one double dose of Ralgro® (2Ralgro) and then reimplanted to the 90 d. Another one (n= 40) was treated with a mixture: Revalor® for 90 d. then 2Ralgro before the slaughter (Revalor-2Ralgro). The analysis of the variance (ANOVA) detected a higher moisture (M) content in the raw SUE bull meat (74.23 vs. 73.88 g/100g of sample), while only Na from NSUE was the mineral affected in the cooked meat (71.32 vs. 69.16 g/100g of sample). IR only affected (P<0.05) the Na and Cu content; an increase in the cooked bull meat reimplanted with Revalor-2Ralgro was observed. Gender (G) affected (P<0.05) M, being higher in the cooked steers meat samples. SUE x IR interaction significantly (P<0.05) increased the protein content (PC) in the cooked bull meat (SUE) implanted with Revalor-2Ralgro, while G x IR interaction had provoked an increase in LIP and K contents of the raw steers meat. It is inferred that neither SUE nor IR caused the expected results, it is to say, an increase in PC nor a decrease in LIP in the meat samples considered; the increments observed in the cooked meat was probably due to loss of the water during cooking. Results suggest of SUE, IR and castration used for maximize the cattle productive index, although they did not produce an additional benefit in the chemical composition of the meat samples, did not diminish their nutritional quality either.

Keywords : Minerals; implant; proximate composition; raw meat; cooked meat; supplementation.