Feeding systems and tocopherol level in the diet and their effects on the quality of lamb meat: a meta-analysis

Hampel, Viviane da Silva; Poli, Cesar Henrique Espírito Candal; Devincenzi, Thais; Pötter, Luciana

doi:10.1590/rbz4820180223

Viviane da Silva Hampel

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento do Zootecnia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7427-1741

Cesar Henrique Espírito Candal Poli ^* * Corresponding author: cesar.poli@ufrgs.br

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento do Zootecnia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8469-0779

Thais Devincenzi

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento do Zootecnia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0063-7170

Luciana Pötter

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Zootecnia, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6288-4468

* Corresponding author: cesar.poli@ufrgs.br

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: V.S. Hampel, C.H.E.C. Poli, T. Devincenzi and L. Pötter. Data curation: V.S. Hampel and L. Pötter. Formal analysis: V.S. Hampel, T. Devincenzi and L. Pötter. Investigation: V.S. Hampel, C.H.E.C. Poli, T. Devincenzi and L. Pötter. Methodology: V.S. Hampel, T. Devincenzi and L. Pötter. Project administration: V.S. Hampel and C.H.E.C. Poli. Supervision: C.H.E.C. Poli, T. Devincenzi and L. Pötter. Writing-original draft: V.S. Hampel. Writing-review & editing: V.S. Hampel, C.H.E.C. Poli and L. Pötter.

Study¹ 1 List of references used for the meta-analysis and the variable responses extracted from the articles.	Country	Feeding system	Observed variable
Álvarez et al., 2014Álvarez, R.; Meléndez-Martínez, A. J.; Vicario, I. M. and Alcalde, M. J. 2014. Effect of pasture and concentrate diets on concentrations of carotenoids, vitamin A and vitamin E in plasma and adipose tissue of lambs. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 36:59-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2014.08.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2014.08.0...	Spain	Concentrated Pasture	L, a, b, C
Bellés et al., 2018Bellés, M.; Leal, L. N.; Díaz, V.; Alonso, V.; Roncalés, P. and Beltrán, J. A. 2018. Effect of dietary vitamin E on physicochemical and fatty acid stability of fresh and thawed lamb. Food Chemistry 239:1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.06.076 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017....	Spain	Concentrated -	Tocopherol, MUFA, PUFA, SFA, n-6, n-3, n-6:n-3
Berthelot et al., 2014Berthelot, V.; Broudiscou, L. and Schmidely, P. 2014. Effect of vitamin E supplementation on fatty acid composition of muscle and adipose tissues of indoor lambs with special attention on rumen-derived trans monounsaturated fatty acids. Meat Science 96:1281-1288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.10.026 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.1...	France	Concentrated -	FA, MUFA, SFA, n-6, n-3, n-6:n-3, CLA
Bhatt et al., 2015Bhatt, R. S.; Sahoo, A.; Karim, S. A. and Agrawal, A. R. 2015. Effects of calcium soap of rice bran oil fatty acids supplementation alone and with DL-α-tocopherol acetate in lamb diets on performance, digestibility, ruminal parameters and meat quality. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 100:578-589. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpn.12370 https://doi.org/10.1111/jpn.12370...	India	Concentrated Pasture	MUFA, PUFA, SFA, n-6:n-3, CLA, TBARS
Brito et al., 2017Brito, G. F.; Holman, B. W. B.; McGrath, S. R.; Friend, M. A.; van de Ven, R. and Hopkins, D. L. 2017. The effect of forage-types on the fatty acid profile, lipid and protein oxidation, and retail colour stability of muscles from White Dorper lambs. Meat Science 130:81-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2017.04.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2017.0...	Australia	- Pasture	Tocopherol, n-6:n-3, TBARS
González-Calvo et al., 2014	Spain	Concentrated -	Tocopherol, MUFA, PUFA, SFA, n-6, n-3, n-6:n-3, TBARS, CLA, L, a, b*
D'Alessandroa et al., 2012D’Alessandro, A. G.; Maiorano, G.; Kowaliszyn, B.; Loiudice, P. and Martemucci, G. 2012. How the nutritional value and consumer acceptability of suckling lambs meat is affected by the maternal feeding system. Small Ruminant Research 106:83-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2012.02.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.20...	Italy	Concentrated Pasture	Tocopherol, TBARS
Hopkins et al., 2013Hopkins, D. L.; Lamb, T. A.; Kerr, M. J.; van de Ven, R. J. and Ponnampalam, E. N. 2013. Examination of the effect of ageing and temperature at rigor on colour stability of lamb meat. Meat Science 95:311-316.	Australia	- Pasture	Tocopherol
Jose et al., 2016Jose, C. G.; Jacob, R. H.; Pethick, D. W. and Gardner, G. E. 2016. Short term supplementation rates to optimise vitamin E concentration for retail colour stability of Australian lamb meat. Meat Science 111:101-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2015.08.006 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2015.0...	Australia	Concentrated Pasture	Tocopherol
Kasapidou et al., 2012Kasapidou, E.; Wood, J. D.; Richardson, R. I.; Sinclair, L. A.; Wilkinson, R. G. and Enser, M. 2012. Effect of vitamin E supplementation and diet on fatty acid composition and on meat colour and lipid oxidation of lamb leg steaks displayed in modified atmosphere packs. Meat Science 90:908-916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.11.031 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.1...	United Kingdon	Concentrated Pasture	Tocopherol, n-6, n-3, n-6:n-3, TBARS, CLA
Lee et al., 2007Lee, J. H.; Waller, J. C.; Yilmaz, Y. and Melton, S. L. 2007. Effect of feeding rumen-protected dietary protein-oil supplements on fatty acid composition and α-tocopherol content of blood serum and muscle lipids of lambs. Small Ruminant Research 72:101-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2006.08.012 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.20...	United States	Concentrated -	Tocopherol
Liu et al., 2013Liu, K.; Ge, S.; Luo, H.; Yue, D. and Yan, L. 2013. Effects of dietary vitamin E on muscle vitamin E and fatty acid content in Aohan fine-wool sheep. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 4:21. https://doi.org/10.1186/2049-1891-4-21 https://doi.org/10.1186/2049-1891-4-21...	China	Concentrated -	Tocopherol, MUFA, PUFA, SFA, n-6, n-3, n-6:n-3
Lobón et al., 2017Lobón, S.; Sanz, A.; Blanco, M.; Ripoll, G. and Joy, M. 2017. The type of forage and condensed tannins in dams’ diet: Influence on meat shelf life of their suckling lambs. Small Ruminant Research 154:115-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2017.08.005 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.20...	Spain	Concentrated Pasture	Tocopherol, L, a, b, H°, C
Milewski et al., 2014Milewski, S.; Purwin, C.; Pysera, B.; Lipiński, K.; Antoszkiewicz, Z.; Sobiech, P.; Ząbek, K.; Fijałkowska, M.; Tański, Z. and Illek, J. 2014. Effect of feeding silages from different plant raw materials on the profile of fatty acids, cholesterol, and vitamins A and E in lamb meat. Acta Veterinaria Brno 83:371-378. https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201483040371 https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201483040371...	Poland	- Pasture	Tocopherol, FA, MUFA, PUFA, SFA, n-6, n-3, n-6:n-3, CLA
Morán et al., 2012aMorán, L.; Rodríguez-Calleja, J. M.; Bodas, R.; Prieto, N.; Giráldez, F. J. and Andrés, S. 2012a. Carnosic acid dietary supplementation at 0.12% rates slows down meat discoloration in gluteus medius of fattening lambs. Meat Science 90:789-795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.11.016 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.1...	Spain	Concentrated -	L, a, b*
Morán et al., 2012bMorán, L.; Andrés, S.; Bodas, R.; Prieto, N. and Giráldez, F. J. 2012b. Meat texture and antioxidant status are improved when carnosic acid is included in the diet of fattening lambs. Meat Science 91:430-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.02.027 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.0...	Spain	Concentrated -	TBARS
Morán et al., 2013Morán, L.; Giráldez, F. J.; Panseri, S.; Aldai, N.; Jordán, M.; Chiesa, L. M. and Andrés, S. 2013. Effect of dietary carnosic acid on the fatty acid profile and flavour stability of meat from fattening lambs. Food Chemistry 138:2407-2414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.12.033 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2012....	Spain	Concentrated -	MUFA, PUFA, SFA, n-6, n-3, n-6:n-3, CLA
Muela et al., 2014Muela, E.; Alonso, V.; Campo, M. M.; Sañudo, C. and Beltrán, J. A. 2014. Antioxidant diet supplementation and lamb quality throughout preservation time. Meat Science 98:289-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2014.05.035 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2014.0...	Spain	Concentrated -	TBARS, L, H°, C
Muíño et al., 2014Muíño, I.; Apeleo, E.; de la Fuente, J.; Pérez-Santaescolástica, C.; Rivas-Cañedo, A.; Pérez, C.; Díaz, M. T.; Cañeque, V. and Lauzurica, S. 2014. Effect of dietary supplementation with red wine extract or vitamin E, in combination with linseed and fish oil, on lamb meat quality. Meat Science 98:116-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2014.05.009 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2014.0...	Spain	Concentrated -	Tocopherol, MUFA, PUFA, SFA, n-6, n-3, n-6:n-3, TBARS
Ortuño et al., 2015Ortuño, J.; Serrano, R. and Bañón, S. 2015. Antioxidant and antimicrobial effects of dietary supplementation with rosemary diterpenes (carnosic acid and carnosol) vs vitamin E on lamb meat packed under protective atmosphere. Meat Science 110:62-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2015.07.011 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2015.0...	Spain	Concentrated -	TBARS, L, a, H°, C*
Petron et al., 2007Petron, M. J.; Raes, K.; Claeys, E.; Lourenço, M.; Fremaut, D. and De Smet, S. 2007. Effect of grazing pastures of different botanical composition on antioxidant enzyme activities and oxidative stability of lamb meat. Meat Science 75:737-745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2006.10.010 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2006.1...	Belgium	- Pasture	Tocopherol, TBARS, L, a, b*
Ponnampalam et al., 2012aPonnampalam, E. N.; Burnett, V. F.; Norng, S.; Warner, R. D. and Jacobs, J. L. 2012a. Vitamin E and fatty acid content of lamb meat from perennial pasture or annual pasture systems with supplements. Animal Production Science 52:255-262. https://doi.org/10.1071/AN11054 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN11054...	Australia	- Pasture	Tocopherol, FA, PUFA, n-6, n-3, n-6:n-3, TBARS
Ponnampalam et al., 2012bPonnampalam, E. N.; Butler, K. L.; McDonagh, M. B.; Jacobs, J. L. and Hopkins, D. 2012b. Relationship between muscle antioxidant status, forms of iron, polyunsaturated fatty acids and functionality (retail colour) of meat in lambs. Meat Science 90:297-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.07.014 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.0...	Australia	Concentrated Pasture	Tocopherol, PUFA, n-6, n-3, n-6:n-3, a*
Ponnampalama et al., 2016Ponnampalam, E. N.; Burnett, V. F.; Norng, S.; Hopkins, D. L.; Plozza, T. and Jacobs, J. L. 2016. Muscle antioxidant (vitamin E) and major fatty acid groups, lipid oxidation and retail colour of meat from lambs fed a roughage based diet with flaxseed or algae. Meat Science 111:154-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2015.09.007 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2015.0...	Australia	Concentrated Pasture	Tocopherol, n-6:n-3
Ripoll et al., 2011Ripoll, G.; Joy, M. and Muñoz, F. 2011. Use of dietary vitamin E and selenium (Se) to increase the shelf life of modified atmosphere packaged light lamb meat. Meat Science 87:88-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2010.09.008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2010.0...	Spain	Concentrated Pasture	TBARS, L*, H°
Ripoll et al., 2013Ripoll, G.; González-Calvo, L.; Molino, F.; Calvo, J. H. and Joy, M. 2013. Effects of finishing period length with vitamin E supplementation and alfalfa grazing on carcass color and the evolution of meat color and the lipid oxidation of light lambs. Meat Science 93:906-913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.09.017 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.0...	Spain	Concentrated Pasture	Tocopherol, TBARS, L, a, b, H°, C
Sales et al., 2013Sales, R. O.; Silva Sobrinho, A. G.; Zeola, N. M. B. L.; Lima, N. L. L.; Manzi, G. M.; Almeida, F. A. and Endo, V. 2013. Fresh and matured lamb meat quality fed with sunflower seeds and vitamin E. Ciência Rural 43:151-157.	Brazil	Concentrated -	L, a, b*
Simitzis et al., 2013Simitzis, P. E.; Ilias-Dimopoulos, V.; Charismiadou, M. A.; Biniari, E. E. and Deligeorgis, S. G. 2013. The effects of dietary hesperidin supplementation on lamb performance and meat characteristics. Animal Science Journal 84:136-143. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-0929.2012.01049.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-0929.2012...	Greece	Concentrated -	FA, L, a
Turner et al., 2002Turner, K. E.; McClure, K. E.; Weiss, W. P.; Borton, R. J. and Foster, J. G. 2002. Alpha-tocopherol concentrations and case life of lamb muscle as influenced by concentrate or pasture finishing. Journal of Animal Science 80:2513-2521.	United States	Concentrated Pasture	Tocopherol
Vieira et al., 2012Vieira, C.; Fernández-Diez, A.; Mateo, J.; Bodas, R.; Soto, S. and Manso, T. 2012. Effects of addition of different vegetable oils to lactating dairy ewes’ diet on meat quality characteristics of suckling lambs reared on the ewes’ milk. Meat Science 91:277-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.02.003 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.0...	Spain	Concentrated -	Tocopherol, MUFA, PUFA, SFA, n-6, n-3, n-6:n-3, TBARS, L, a, b*
Yagoubia et al., 2018Yagoubi, Y.; Joy, M.; Ripoll, G.; Mahouachi, M.; Bertolín, J. R. and Atti, N. 2018. Rosemary distillation residues reduce lipid oxidation, increase alpha-tocopherol content and improve fatty acid profile of lamb meat. Meat Science 136:23-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2017.10.007 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2017.1...	Tunisia	Concentrated -	Tocopherol, n-6:n-3, TBARS, L, a, b, H°, C

Variable	Feeding system			P¹ 1 Probability.	SE	n² 2 Number of repetitions.
Variable	Pasture	Concentrated	Pasture + concentrated	P¹ 1 Probability.	SE	n² 2 Number of repetitions.
Alpha-tocopherol (mg kg⁻¹)	4.10a	2.45b	2.63b	0.0003	0.25	67
FA (%)	43.85	37.88	44.17	0.6828	4.47	14
SFA (%)	51.98	46.27	42.01	0.4400	4.53	31
MUFA (%)	41.33b	41.55b	48.34a	0.0260	2.95	31
PUFA(%)	5.70	6.23	7.65	0.5040	1.35	34
n-6 (%)	2.52b	6.14a	4.02ab	0.0431	1.15	41
n-3 (%)	1.23	1.52	0.83	0.2904	0.35	41
n-6:n-3	1.88b	5.71a	4.84a	0.0003	0.74	53
CLA	0.85a	0.24b	0.76a	0.0118	0.15	22
TBARS (mg of malonaldehyde kg⁻¹)	0.23	0.94	0.29	0.1241	0.35	51
L*	58.77a	43.16b	31.32c	0.0005	4.65	38
a*	10.33	9.34	12.40	0.1553	1.54	30
b*	15.04a	10.90b	–	0.0001	0.51	21
H°	51.70	35.18	–	0.3666	12.31	18
C*	15.63	13.13	–	0.0840	0.91	16

Variable	Level			P¹ 1 Probability.	SE	n² 2 Number of repetitions.
Variable	Level 1 0-200 mg kg⁻¹ DM	Level 2 201-400 mg kg⁻¹ DM	Level 3 > 400 mg kg⁻¹ DM	P¹ 1 Probability.	SE	n² 2 Number of repetitions.
Alpha-tocopherol (mg kg⁻¹)	1.97b	4.35a	2.85c	0.0003	0.27	67
FA (%)	27.38b	35.13ab	68.38a	0.0446	8.49	14
SFA (%)	48.01	47.39	44.52	0.8312	5.05	31
MUFA (%)	42.38ab	47.83a	41.02b	0.1196	2.06	31
PUFA (%)	6.05	6.10	7.43	0.6538	1.44	34
n-6 (%)	4.50	4.56	3.62	0.7926	1.23	41
n-3 (%)	1.31	1.53	0.73	0.2736	0.34	41
n-6:n-3	4.04	2.69	5.70	0.0905	0.85	53
CLA	0.52	0.66	0.66	0.7447	0.16	22
TBARS (mg of malonaldehyde kg⁻¹)	1.26a	0.54ab	0.27b	0.0018	0.38	51
L*	45.05	41.79	46.41	0.7641	3.91	38
a*	10.14	12.24	9.70	0.7306	1.69	30
b*	9.22	–	8.83	0.5777	0.47	21
H°	40.11	34.41	55.85	0.1948	13.04	18
C*	14.69	13.05	15.76	0.2779	1.07	16

[1] * Corresponding author: cesar.poli@ufrgs.br

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Feeding systems and tocopherol level in the diet and their effects on the quality of lamb meat: a meta-analysis

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