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  • Nutritional Biochemistry
  • Food Science

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  • Beef's nutritional value is significantly impacted by its fatty acid profile.
  • Understanding how diet influences meat composition is crucial for producing healthier beef.
  • Current methods for assessing meat quality can be invasive and labor-intensive.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate if diet analyses or plasma fatty acid profiles can predict beef's intramuscular fatty acid composition.
  • To investigate the relationship between dietary antioxidant capacity and meat lipid profiles in cattle.
  • To establish plasma fatty acid profiling as a non-invasive tool for monitoring beef quality.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of plasma and intramuscular fat (Longissimus thoracis and Musculus gluteus maximus) fatty acid composition in 18 crossbred beef cattle.
  • Canonical correlation analysis to assess relationships between dietary factors and meat lipid profiles.
  • Partial least squares regression to predict intramuscular fatty acid composition from plasma samples.

Main Results:

  • Strong correlations were found between dietary antioxidant capacity and meat lipid profiles, especially for alpha-linolenic acid and conjugated linoleic acid.
  • Diet explained 38% of the variance in Longissimus thoracis fatty acids and 20% in Musculus gluteus maximus fatty acids.
  • Partial least squares regression accurately predicted intramuscular fatty acid composition from plasma samples (R² up to 0.94, Q² > 0.85).

Conclusions:

  • Diets rich in antioxidants and n-3 precursors result in healthier beef fat profiles.
  • Plasma fatty acid profiling is a reliable and non-invasive method for predicting and monitoring beef meat quality.
  • This approach offers farmers a practical tool for improving meat quality management and promoting healthier beef products.