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Feeding high levels of vitamin D3 does not improve tenderness of callipyge lamb loin chops.
Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 2001
Wiegand B R, Parrish F C, Morrical D G, Huff-Lonerga E
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to determine whether feeding high doses of vitamin D3 7 d before slaughter would increase muscle Ca++ levels and result in more tender loin chops. Market lambs (n = 4 callipyge and 4 normal in Exp. 1, and n = 16 calipyge and 16 normal in Exp. 2) were randomly and equally assigned to feeding groups based on callipyge genotype and experimental diet, (vitamin D3 or control). Serum...
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