To enhance the quality of mutton sheep, several effective strategies can be implemented. First, adopting a short-term fattening technique by adjusting the diet composition can significantly improve the sensory score and tenderness of muscle fibers, resulting in better meat quality. This involves optimizing feed to promote healthier growth and more desirable characteristics in the final product.
Second, selecting high-quality mutton breeds is crucial. Crossbreeding with superior genetic traits helps eliminate inferior local breeds that often suffer from small size, poor meat quality, slow growth, and low slaughter rates. Farmers should focus on breeding fast-growing, high-conversion-rate sheep and use them for crossbreeding with local sheep to accelerate lamb growth and elevate overall meat quality.
Third, managing the environment plays a vital role. Sheep housing should be designed to meet their natural habits, ensuring a clean, dry, and well-ventilated space. Using a building-type structure with proper insulation helps maintain a stable climate—cool in summer and warm in winter. Planting vines around the barn and using awnings during hot weather can further improve the microclimate, contributing to better animal health and meat quality.
Fourth, adding essential vitamins to the feed can greatly enhance meat quality. Including vitamins A, C, D, and E in the diet supports the sheep's immune system and improves the texture and flavor of the meat.
Fifth, incorporating necessary minerals such as magnesium, selenium, iron, and chromium into the feed ensures that the animals receive balanced nutrition. These elements support muscle development and overall health, leading to better meat characteristics.
Sixth, using aromatic herbal additives in the feed can also improve meat quality. Combining ingredients like licorice, Atractylodes, fennel, and others has been shown to enhance flavor and texture. For instance, adding 0.2% to 0.3% Eucommia powder to the diet promotes muscle fiber development, increases collagen content, and enhances protein levels, making the meat more tender and flavorful.
Lastly, it is important to avoid feeding certain substances before slaughter. Urea, fishmeal, and other ingredients that may affect the taste of mutton should be excluded from the diet 10 to 20 days prior to slaughter. This practice ensures that the final product maintains a clean, natural flavor, meeting consumer expectations and enhancing market value.
1. Premium Natural Ferment Jujube Fruit Extract Powder Animal Feed Grade Product Description：
Given the increasing demands for the quality and safety of animal-derived foods and the strict regulations on the use of antibiotics in animal feed, the use of functional feed additives has attracted increasing research and development. Jujube fruit is an energy-rich food with antioxidant, antibacterial, and antidiarrheal properties. With the expanding areas of cultivation to jujube trees and the intensive processing of jujube in Asia, especially in China, a large number of jujube by-products are produced. These by-products are used widely in animal feed for pigs, chicken, cattle, goats, and fish, as they improve growth performance, promote digestive tract health, and enhance the quality of animal products.
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2. Product functions:
1) The sugar and protein of feed-grade jujube powder are easy to be absorbed and utilized by animals, and the effect is better
than other energy raw materials.
2) Feed jujube powder can improve the feed conversion rate and significantly reduce the cost of feed use.
3) After use, cows can appetize and increase food consumption to increase milk production.
4) After being used by chickens and ducks, it can effectively reduce laying fatigue and extend the laying period.
5) Feed jujube powder is suitable for meat livestock and poultry such as broilers, ducks, and cattle.
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