Embryo Transfer Strategies for Women with Recurrent Implantation Failure During the Frozen-thawed Embryo Transfer Cycles:Sequential Embryo Transfer or Double-blastocyst Transfer?

Objective Both sequential embryo transfer(SeET)and double-blastocyst transfer(DBT)can serve as embryo transfer strategies for women with recurrent implantation failure(RIF).This study aims to compare the effects of SeET and DBT on pregnancy outcomes.Methods Totally,261 frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles of 243 RIF women were included in this multicenter retrospective analysis.According to different embryo quality and transfer strategies,they were divided into four groups:group A,good-quality SeET(GQ-SeET,n=38 cycles);group B,poor-quality or mixed-quality SeET(PQ/MQ-SeET,n=31 cycles);group C,good-quality DBT(GQ-DBT,n=121 cycles);and group D,poor-quality or mixed-quality DBT(PQ/MQ-DBT,n=71 cycles).The main outcome,clinical pregnancy rate,was compared,and the generalized estimating equation(GEE)model was used to correct potential confounders that might impact pregnancy outcomes.Results GQ-DBT achieved a significantly higher clinical pregnancy rate(aOR 2.588,95%CI 1.267–5.284,P=0.009)and live birth rate(aOR 3.082,95%CI 1.482–6.412,P=0.003)than PQ/MQ-DBT.Similarly,the clinical pregnancy rate was significantly higher in GQ-SeET than in PQ/MQ-SeET(aOR 4.047,95%CI 1.218–13.450,P=0.023).The pregnancy outcomes of GQ-SeET were not significantly different from those of GQ-DBT,and the same results were found between PQ/MQ-SeET and PQ/MQ-DBT.Conclusion SeET relative to DBT did not seem to improve pregnancy outcomes for RIF patients if the embryo quality was comparable between the two groups.Better clinical pregnancy outcomes could be obtained by transferring good-quality embryos,no matter whether in SeET or DBT.Embryo quality plays a more important role in pregnancy outcomes for RIF patients.

Pregnancy Outcomes for Day 5 Versus Day 6 Single Frozen-thawed Blastocyst Transfer with Different Qualities of Embryos: A Large Matched-cohort Study

Objective This study aimed to determine whether the day of blastocyst expansion affects pregnancy outcomes in frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer(FBT)cycles.Methods A retrospective match-cohort study was conducted.Patients who underwent blastocyst transfer in frozen-thawed cycles at day 5 or 6 were matched for potential confounding factors.A total of 2207 matched pairs of FBT cycles were included from January 2016 to December 2019 in our Reproductive Medicine Center.Results The clinical pregnancy rate(CPR)and live birth rate(LBR)were significantly increased in day 5 blastocyst transfers when compared to day 6 blastocyst transfers,in terms of the same embryo quality.For FBT cycles with good-quality embryo,the CPR at day 5 and 6 was 61.30%and 57.56%,respectively(P=0.045),and the LBR was 44.79%and 36.16%,respectively(P<0.001).For FBT cycles with poor-quality embryo,the CPR at day 5 and 6 was 48.61%and 40.89%,respectively(P=0.006),and the LBR was 31.71%and 25.74%,respectively(P=0.019).The CPR for FBT cycles with good-quality embryo was statistically higher at day 6 than that at day 5 with poor-quality embryo transferred(57.56%vs.48.61%,P=0.001).Maternal age,anti-Müllerian hormone(AMH),endometrial thickness,embryo quality,and the day of blastocyst expansion were independently correlated with the CPR and LBR.The FBT cycles at day 5 had significantly higher CPR(adjusted odds ratio[OR]=1.246,95%confidence intervals[CI]:1.097–1.415,P=0.001)and LBR(adjusted OR=1.435,95%CI:1.258–1.637,P<0.001)than those at day 6.Conclusion The embryo quality is the primary indicator for FBT cycles.Day 5 blastocysts should be preferred when the quality of embryo at day 5 is the same as that at day 6.

Re-identifying beef cattle using improved AlignedReID++

Accurate and continuous identification of individual cattle is crucial to precision farming in recent years.It is also the prerequisite to monitor the individual feed intake and feeding time of beef cattle at medium to long distances over different cameras.However,beef cattle can tend to frequently move and change their feeding position during feeding.Furthermore,the great variations in their head direction and complex environments(light,occlusion,and background)can also lead to some difficulties in the recognition,particularly for the bio-similarities among individual cattle.Among them,AlignedReID++model is characterized by both global and local information for image matching.In particular,the dynamically matching local information(DMLI)algorithm has been introduced into the local branch to automatically align the horizontal local information.In this research,the AlignedReID++model was utilized and improved to achieve the better performance in cattle re-identification(ReID).Initially,triplet attention(TA)modules were integrated into the BottleNecks of ResNet50 Backbone.The feature extraction was then enhanced through cross-dimensional interactions with the minimal computational overhead.Since the TA modules in AlignedReID++baseline model increased the model size and floating point operations(FLOPs)by 0.005 M and 0.05 G,the rank-1 accuracy and mean average precision(mAP)were improved by 1.0 percentage points and 2.94 percentage points,respectively.Specifically,the rank-1 accuracies were outperformed by 0.86 percentage points and 0.12 percentage points,respectively,compared with the convolution block attention module(CBAM)and efficient channel attention(ECA)modules,although 0.94 percentage points were lower than that of squeeze-and-excitation(SE)modules.The mAP metric values were exceeded by 0.22,0.86 and 0.12 percentage points,respectively,compared with the SE,CBAM,and ECA modules.Additionally,the Cross-Entropy Loss function was replaced with the CosFace Loss function in the global branch of baseline model.CosFace Loss and Hard Triplet Loss were jointly employed to train the baseline model for the better identification on the similar individuals.AlignedReID++with CosFace Loss was outperformed the baseline model by 0.24 and 0.92 percentage points in the rank-1 accuracy and mAP,respectively,whereas,AlignedReID++with ArcFace Loss was exceeded by 0.36 and 0.56 percentage points,respectively.The improved model with the TA modules and CosFace Loss was achieved in a rank-1 accuracy of 94.42%,rank-5 accuracy of 98.78%,rank-10 accuracy of 99.34%,mAP of 63.90%,FLOPs of 5.45 G,frames per second(FPS)of 5.64,and model size of 23.78 M.The rank-1 accuracies were exceeded by 1.84,4.72,0.76 and 5.36 percentage points,respectively,compared with the baseline model,part-based convolutional baseline(PCB),multiple granularity network(MGN),and relation-aware global attention(RGA),while the mAP metrics were surpassed 6.42,5.86,4.30 and 7.38 percentage points,respectively.Meanwhile,the rank-1 accuracy was 0.98 percentage points lower than TransReID,but the mAP metric was exceeded by 3.90 percentage points.Moreover,the FLOPs of improved model were only 0.05 G larger than that of baseline model,while smaller than those of PCB,MGN,RGA,and TransReID by 0.68,6.51,25.4,and 16.55 G,respectively.The model size of improved model was 23.78 M,which was smaller than those of the baseline model,PCB,MGN,RGA,and TransReID by 0.03,2.33,45.06,14.53 and 62.85 M,respectively.The inference speed of improved model on a CPU was lower than those of PCB,MGN,and baseline model,but higher than TransReID and RGA.The t-SNE feature embedding visualization demonstrated that the global and local features were achieve in the better intra-class compactness and inter-class variability.Therefore,the improved model can be expected to effectively re-identify the beef cattle in natural environments of breeding farm,in order to monitor the individual feed intake and feeding time.

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Extensive Beef Production in Grazing Lands of Argentina

Because of environmental constraints,beef cattle was for more than a century the only viable farming option in the extensive semiarid and subhumid lands of Argentina and the main source of nutrients for humans as well.However,a growing concern and criticism have risen today about its possible negative impact on the climate and the environment.These worries tend to affect current public opinions,national policies,and international trade.Based on 40 beef cattle farms scattered across different semiarid and subhumid regions of Argentina,here we evaluated the impact of extensive cattle production on carbon,water,and nutrient pollution.Life-Cycle Assessment(LCA)and Land-Based Assessment(LBA)were the two approaches we used here to compare the environmental impact of beef production.While the environmental footprint(EF)resulting from LCA expresses the impact per unit of food,the environmental balance(EB),derived from LBA,aims at quantifying the impact per unit of land.As such,the EB considers both negative and positive impacts on the farm as an integrated system.Following standardized procedures,we evaluated EF and EB up to the farm gate,leaving aside delocalized post-farm impacts such as those of processing,packaging,and transportation that occur beyond the farm gate.In agreement with previous evidence,our results show that the EF tends to decrease as per-head production increases.Correlation coefficients and statistical significance were the following for carbon(R=−0.574;p<0.01),water(R=−0.561;p<0.01),and N(R=−0.704;p<0.01)and Phosphorus(P)pollution(R=−0.802;p<0.01)footprints.On the contrary,the EB seems to be highly sensitive,and as per-hectare beef production increases.Correlations were the following for carbon emissions(CE:R=0.955;p<0.01),water consumption(WC:R=0.822;p<0.01),nitrogen excretion(NE:R=0.948;p<0.01)and phosphorus excretion(PE:R=0.945;p<0.01).What our results suggest is that the notion of EF is useful to evaluate the environmental impact in intensive beef production systems,and the EB is suitable to assess the impact of the extensive ones.In practice,both approaches provide different perspectives on the environmental-impact problem and they should be complementary used.We concluded that the methodological rigidity of EF does not allow proper discrimination among farms in the extensive systems.On the contrary,the EB approach tended to be highly sensitive to detecting differences between individual farms and farmers,thus allowing the identification of successful options for extensive beef production in terms of public image,policy-making,and commercial opportunities.

Mitigation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs)in roasted beef patties by cold plasma treatment and products quality evaluation

The cold plasma(CP)technique was applied to alleviate the contamination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon(PAH)in this investigation.Two different CP treatments methods were implemented in the production of beef patties,to investigate their inhibition and degradation capacity on PAHs.With 5 different cooking oils and fats addition,the inhibition mechanism of in-package cold plasma(ICP)pretreatment was explored from the aspect of raw patties fatty acids composition variation.The results of principal component analysis showed that the first two principal components accounted for more than 80%of the total variation in the original data,indicating that the content of saturated fatty acids was significantly positively correlated with the formation of PAHs.ICP pretreatment inhibited the formation of PAHs by changing the composition of fatty acids,which showed that the total amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids decreased and the total amount of monounsaturated fatty acids increased.Sensory discrimination tests demonstrated there were discernable differences between 2 CP treated samples and the controls,utilization of the ICP pretreatment in meat products processing was expected to achieve satisfying eating quality.In conclusion,CP treatment degraded PAHs through stepwise ring-opening oxidation in 2 reported pathways,the toxicity of PAHs contaminated products was alleviated after CP treatment.

Study on Effects of Curing Process on Characteristics of Marinated Beef Products

[Objectives]This study was conducted to compare the effects of different curing processes on the characteristics of marinated beef.[Methods]Marinated beef was obtained by two curing processes:static curing and injection and vacuum tumbling curing.The effects of the two curing processes on the production rate,curing absorption rate,water content,soluble protein content,amino acid nitrogen content,texture characteristics and microstructure of the product were compared.[Results]Compared with static curing,the production rate of marinated beef increased by 10%,the curing absorption rate increased by 28%,the texture and microstructure were improved,and the water content increased,while the soluble protein content decreased.As a result,the sensory score was higher.There was no significant difference in the content of amino acid nitrogen,but it decreased compared with raw meat.To sum up,injection and vacuum tumbling curing is more conducive to the processing of marinated beef.[Conclusions]This study provides a theoretical basis for the industrial production of marinated beef,and lays a foundation for in-depth exploration of injection and vacuum tumbling curing technique of marinated beef.

Artificial Cycle with or without a Depot Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Agonist for Frozen-thawed Embryo Transfer： An Assessment of Infertility Type that Is Most Suitable

The clinical outcomes of five groups of infertility patients receiving frozen- thawed, cleavage-stage embryo transfers with exogenous hormone protocols with or without a depot gonadotropin-releasing hormone （GnRH） agonist were assessed. A retrospective cohort analysis was performed on 1003 cycles undergoing frozen-thawed, cleavage-stage embryo transfers from January 1, 2012 to June 31, 2015 in the Reproductive Medicine Center of Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Region. Based on the infertility etiologies of the patients, the 1003 cycles were divided into five groups： tubal infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome （PCOS）, endometriosis, male infertility, and unexplained infertility. The main outcome was the live birth rate. Two groups were set up based on the intervention： group A was given a GnRH agonist with exogenous estrogen and progesterone, and group B （control group） was given exogenous estrogen and progesterone only. The results showed that the baseline serum hormone levels and basic characteristics of the patients were not significantly different between groups A and B. The live birth rates in groups A and B were 41.67% and 29.29%, respectively （P〈0.05）. The live birth rates in patients with PCOS in groups A and B were 56.25% and 30.61%, respectively （P〈0.05）. The clinical pregnancy, implantation and on-going pregnancy rates showed the same trends as the live birth rates between groups A and B. The ectopic pregnancy rate was significantly lower in group A than in group B. We concluded that the live birth rate was higher and other clinical outcomes were more satisfactory with GnRH agonist co- treatment than without GnRH agonist co-treatment for frozen-thawed embryo transfer. The GnRH agonist combined with exogenous estrogen and progesterone worked for all types of infertility tested, especially for women with PCOS.

High-quality Cleavage Embryo versus Low-quality Blastocyst in Frozen-thawed Cycles:Comparison of Clinical Outcomes

This study compared the clinical outcomes of the frozen-thawed cycles of high-quality cleavage embryos with low-quality blastocysts to provide a reference for the choice of frozen-thawed embryo transfer schemes and to improve clinical pregnancy rates.A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of patients undergoing frozen-thawed embryo transfer at the Reproductive Medicine Center of Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology from 2016 to 2017.In total,845 cases were divided into a high-quality cleavage embryo group(group A)and a low-quality blastocyst group(group B).Each group was further divided into subgroups based on the number of transplants.Group A was categorized into two subgroups comprising of 94 cases in subgroup Al(1 high-quality 8-cell group)and 201 cases in subgroup A2(2 high-quality 8-cell group).Group B was divided into four subgroups consisting of 73 cases in subgroup B I(D53BC group),65 cases in subgroup B2(D54BC group),110 cases in subgroup B3(D63BC group),and 282 cases in subgroup B4(D64BC group).The pregnancy outcomes and neonatal outcomes between the groups were compared.The clinical pregnancy rates(56.72%and 60.00%)and live birth rates(47.76%and 46.15%)in subgroups A2 and B2 showed no significant differences,but these rates were significantly higher in subgroups A2 and B2 than in the rest subgroups(P<0.05).The multiple birth rate(26.32%)in the subgroup A2 was significantly higher than that in the rest subgroups(P<0.05).There were no statistically significant differences in the abortion rates among all groups(P>0.05).In terms of neonatal outcomes,there were no statistically significant differences in the proportion of premature births,sex ratios,and birth defects among the low-weight and gigantic infants(P>0.05).Transplanting two high-quality cleavage embryos during the frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles could significantly increase clinical pregnancy rates and live birth rates,but at the same time,it also increased the risks of multiple births and complications to mothers and infants.The D54BC subgroup had the most significant advantages among all groups(P<0.05).The rest low-quality blastocysts had clinical outcomes similar to the single high-quality cleavage embryo group.

The Blue Water Footprint of Extensive Beef Production on Semi-Arid Rangeland over a Full Production Cycle in South Africa

Water plays a critical role in beef cattle production. Current methods used to estimate the blue water footprint of beef cattle are largely based on generic values that do not make provision for different production systems within different regions. Total production cycle measurements should therefore be considered to accurately assess the blue water footprint of beef cattle grazing natural rangeland. The aim of the study was to measure water intake of extensive Bonsmara cattle grazing Marikana Thornveld over a full production cycle at the ARC-Roodeplaat Research Station. Measurements commenced at weaning (June 2017) and continued until the heifers weaned their first calves at approximately 210 days of age (July 2019). Water consumption differed between 21.4 litre per animal per day when the heifers were still growing to 54.3 litres during lactation, relating to between 6.7% and 12.0% of live weight. The blue water footprint over the total production cycle was calculated to be 27,147 litres.

Serum β-hCG level on day 7 of frozen-thawed embryo transfer: association with the clinical pregnancy outcomes in artificial cycles

Objective:The relationship between serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin(β-hCG)levels of patients(7 days after the transplantation of frozen-thawed embryos)and the pregnancy outcomes was investigated.Methods:This study was designed as a retrospective clinical trial of 366 women who underwent frozen-thawed embryo transfers(FETs)in artificial cycles.Patients were divided into three groups:clinical pregnancy group,biochemical pregnancy group,and non-pregnant group according to their pregnancy outcomes.Serumβ-hCG levels were tested on day 4,7,9,11 and 14 after FET.Results:In the clinical pregnancy group,the serumβ-hCG levels after 7-day post-transplantation were significantly elevated(16.20 IU/L vs.3.07 vs.0.1 IU/L;P<0.05)compared with the other two groups.Furthermore,it was found that Area Under Curve(AUC=0.96)was significant with cut-off value higher than 4.26 IU/L(sensitivity=92.3%,specificity=90.2%)to predict the clinical pregnancy outcomes in the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)analysis ofβ-hCG concentrations on day 7 of post-transplantation.Conclusion:Our results suggested that the elevated serumβ-hCG levels on day 7 of post-transplantation could predict the positive clinical pregnancy outcomes in artificial FET cycles.

Effects of Maize Silage Harvest Stage on Growth Performance and Economic Benefits of Beef Cattle

[Objectives]This study aimed to investigate the effects of whole-crop maize silage harvested at different stages on growth and economic benefits of beef cattle.[Methods]A total of 30 Simmental crossbred cattle weighing about 378 kg were randomly divided into three groups,respectively fed for 70 days with whole-crop maize silage harvested at milk stage(GroupⅠ),dough stage(GroupⅡ)and physiological maturity stage(GroupⅢ).Moreover,the cattle in all groups were given the same concentrate diet.[Results]There were significant differences in dry matter,crude protein and neutral detergent fiber between whole-crop maize silages harvested at different stages(P<0.05).The dry matter in GroupⅡandⅢwas significantly higher than that in GroupⅠ(P<0.05).The crude protein content peaked in GroupⅡ,up to 6.37%,which was significantly higher than that in GroupⅠ(by 12.74%,P<0.05)and GroupⅢ(by 9.26%,P<0.05).Starch content significantly increased with the postponing of maize harvest(P<0.05).The content of neutral detergent fiber in Group I was significantly higher than that in GroupⅡ(P<0.05)and GroupⅢ(P<0.05).The average daily weight gain in GroupⅡwas 8.53%higher than that in GroupⅠ(P<0.05)and 3.70%higher than that in GroupⅢ(P>0.05).The dry matter intake in GroupⅡwas significantly higher than that in GroupⅠ(P<0.05)and GroupⅢ(P<0.05).There was no significant difference in feed/gain ratio between the groups(P>0.05).The economic benefit in GroupⅡwas the highest,up to 9.99 yuan/day per capita.,followed by that in GroupⅢ,9.79 yuan/day per capita,and that in GroupⅠwas the lowest,only 8.03 yuan/day per capita.[Conclusions]The whole-crop maize silage harvested at dough stage has the best quality and produces the highest economic returns for beef cattle.

中草药添加剂对西门塔尔肉牛血清免疫、细胞因子、抗氧化指标及直肠菌群的影响

试验旨在研究饲粮中添加中草药添加剂对西门塔尔肉牛血清免疫、细胞因子、抗氧化指标及直肠菌群的影响。采用单因素随机区组试验设计,选取20头健康的12月龄平均体重为(268.80±4.95)kg的西门塔尔肉牛,随机分为对照组(CG组)和试验组(AG组),每组10个重复,每个重复1头肉牛。CG组饲喂基础饲粮,AG组在基础饲粮中额外添加100 g/(头·d)中草药添加剂。预试期5 d,正式试验期60 d。结果表明:与CG组相比,AG组西门塔尔肉牛血清免疫球蛋白A(IgA)和白细胞介素-6(IL-6)含量提高了12.70%和7.58%(P<0.05),血清总超氧化物歧化酶(T-SOD)活性提高了3.13%(P<0.05),丙二醛(MDA)含量降低了28.87%(P<0.05),总抗氧化能力(T-AOC)提高了1.39%(P>0.05)。AG组西门塔尔肉牛肠道菌群Shannon、Chao1和Ace指数比CG组分别提高了0.17%、1.51%和0.96%(P>0.05)。AG组西门塔尔肉牛肠道中拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes)和疣微杆菌门(Verrucomicrobia)的相对丰度比CG组提高了6.50%和2.94%(P>0.05),厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)的相对丰度比CG组降低了5.94%(P>0.05);未分类拟杆菌属(unclassified_Bacteroidetes)的相对丰度高于CG组(P<0.05),居海事城球杆菌属(Phocaeicola)和另枝菌属(Alistipes)的相对丰度比CG组提高了8.33%和16.45%(P>0.05)。研究表明,中草药添加剂可以提高西门塔尔肉牛的免疫水平、抗氧化能力、肠道菌群丰度,促进肠道有益菌群的生长,增强机体消化纤维的能力。

特色腊肉源细菌发酵剂对发酵牛肉品质的影响

目的:研究特色腊肉源细菌对发酵牛肉品质的影响。方法:将来自于湖南湘西腊肉的马葡萄球菌和来自信阳腊肉的肠膜明串珠菌作为发酵菌株,生产发酵牛肉,并将其与地方特色产品及空白组进行对比,分析产品的水分含量、水分活度、pH、蛋白质含量、色泽、质构及感官评价、N-亚硝胺类物质含量等品质指标的差异性。结果:两株菌株单菌株发酵产品亚硝胺含量,显著低于传统腊肉制品(P<0.05);弹性显著高于传统产品(P<0.05);肠膜明串珠菌发酵产品咀嚼性和四川腊肉没有显著性差异(P>0.05);马葡萄球菌发酵产品的硬度显著低于其他处理组(P<0.05),且马葡萄球菌发酵产品的整体接受性最高,但四川绵阳腊肉及湖南湘西腊肉的整体可接受性没有显著差异性(P>0.05)。结论:两种菌株对发酵产品品质影响不同,但都可以作为发酵剂应用于肉制品加工,未来可以考虑将两种菌株进行复配发酵,综合改善产品品质,提高产品安全性。

腊肉源酵母菌对发酵牛肉品质特性的影响

在发酵牛肉加工中,添加源于河南信阳腊肉的季巴蒙毕赤酵母以及四川绵阳腊肉的汉逊德巴利酵母作为发酵菌株,以研究特色腊肉源单菌株发酵对发酵牛肉品质的影响,选择地方特色产品和空白作为对照,进行产品水分含量、水分活度(aw)、pH值、蛋白质含量、亚硝胺含量、质构及感官评价等特性指标的测定与分析。结果表明,两株菌株单菌株发酵牛肉硬度适中,弹性和咀嚼性显著高于传统产品,其整体可接受性和传统腊肉未见显著差异,而且水分含量,pH值与亚硝胺含量显著低于传统腊肉制品。综合分析显示两种酵母菌均可作为发酵剂用于发酵肉制品生产,以提升产品品质和安全性。

不同发酵剂对发酵牛肉品质、风味特性和安全性的影响

牛肉富含蛋白质、脂肪含量低,深受消费者喜爱,然而其难咀嚼、附加值低。为提高牛肉的口感风味,研究本单位的3株专利菌株——W9-3罗伊氏乳杆菌、M3-16副干酪乳杆菌和MY4马克斯克鲁维酵母制备的单菌和复配发酵剂对牛肉理化、感官品质、生物胺形成和挥发性风味的影响。结果表明,与未发酵和自然发酵的牛肉相比,添加发酵剂可降低牛肉的pH(均小于5.5)、水分活度(降低0.6%~4.1%)、TBA值和羰基值,抑制组胺、色胺、酪胺和丁二胺等生物胺的形成,提升熟化牛肉的亮度和弹性,降低硬度、黏着性、咀嚼性和黏聚性。其中复配组优于单菌组。利用SPME-GC-MS方法从焙烤发酵牛肉中鉴定出86种挥发性化合物,其相对含量和主成分分析结果表明,用发酵剂发酵的烤牛肉的风味物质与未发酵和自然发酵相比形成多种新的醇、醛和酮类。感官评价表明,使用发酵剂能在一定程度上提高牛肉的组织形态、外观色泽、气味和口感。尤其是复配发酵剂可改善发酵牛肉品质,提升风味,抑制生物胺。本文为牛肉发酵工艺优化提供理论依据。

肉葡萄球菌发酵牛肉香肠的制作工艺优化

【目的】探究肉葡萄球菌制作发酵牛肉香肠的优化工艺,旨在改善产品风味、提高营养价值。【方法】通过不同肉葡萄球菌接种量、加盐量和发酵温度下发酵牛肉香肠的微生物生长量、pH值和感官评分,综合评价了发酵条件对发酵牛肉香肠的影响。结合单因素试验的结果,以香肠的感官评分为响应值,设计三因素三水平响应面试验。【结果】最终确定制作发酵牛肉香肠最佳的工艺参数为肉葡萄球菌接种量7.2 lg CFU·g^(-1),发酵温度29℃,加盐量2.1%,最终得到的感官评分平均值为78.23,接近验证试验结果。【结论】验证试验说明三因素三水平响应面模型能够较好地用于优化发酵牛肉香肠的制作工艺,并且在此工艺参数下制作的发酵牛肉香肠感官品质良好,肉质紧实度和色泽鲜艳度与自然发酵无显著差异,最终既保证了产品的鲜美口感,又使产品的品质得到保障。

全株玉米青贮饲料的制作及在肉牛养殖中的应用

全株玉米青贮饲料在养殖中的应用范围越来越广,但在实际操作中仍然存在不少问题。本文总结了全株玉米的制作方法及在肉牛养殖中的应用,旨为广大收贮企业规范制作全株玉米青贮饲料及肉牛养殖场户科学饲喂提供参考。

玉米蛋白粉替代豆粕对肉牛生长性能、氮代谢及屠宰性能的影响

文章旨在研究玉米蛋白粉(Corn Gluten Meal,CGM)替代豆粕对肉牛生长性能、氮代谢及屠宰性能的影响。试验将96头健康、370 kg左右的西门塔尔肉牛随机分为4组,每组3个重复,每个重复8头。CON组根据肉牛饲养标准(NY/T 815-2004)配制全混合日粮,其余3组在全混合日粮中分别添加2.5%(CGML组)、5.0%(CGMM组)、7.5%(CGMH组)的玉米蛋白粉(等氮替代豆粕),试验为期80 d。结果表明:(1)与CON组相比,CGMH组肉牛的末重、平均日增重显著降低(P<0.05),料重比显著提高(P<0.05)。4组中CGML组肉牛的末重、平均日增重最高,料重比最低。(2)与CON组相比,CGMM组、CGMH组肉牛的沉积氮、氮利用率显著降低(P<0.05),CGML组肉牛的沉积氮、氮利用率高于CON组,但无显著差异(P>0.05)。(3)与CON组相比,CGMH组肉牛的宰前活重、胴体重、净肉重均显著降低(P<0.05)。4组中CGML组肉牛的宰前活重、胴体重、净肉重最高。结论:综合各项指标,在不考虑饲料成本的情况下,肉牛全混合日粮中玉米蛋白粉的适宜添加水平为2.5%。

抗菌肽对肉牛生长性能及经济效益的影响

试验旨在研究不同水平的抗菌肽对西门塔尔杂交肉牛生长性能、瘤胃发酵参数、血清免疫力及养殖经济效益的影响。试验选择32头健康、体重相近的西门塔尔杂交肉牛,随机分成4组,每组8个重复,每个重复1头肉牛。对照组饲喂基础饲粮,试验A组、B组、C组分别饲喂含有2、4、8 g/(头·d)抗菌肽的饲粮。预试期7 d,正式试验期150 d。结果表明:与对照组比较,试验B组和试验C组的末重和平均日增重显著升高(P<0.05),料重比显著降低(P<0.05);瘤胃液的pH值和菌体蛋白含量显著升高(P<0.05),乙丙比显著降低(P<0.05);所有试验组瘤胃乙酸浓度显著降低(P<0.05);所有试验组血清中白细胞介素-4水平显著升高(P<0.05),白细胞介素-6水平显著降低(P<0.05);试验B组和试验C组血清白细胞介素-10水平显著升高(P<0.05),免疫球蛋白M和免疫球蛋白G水平显著升高(P<0.05)。与对照组相比,试验A组、B组、C组的增重收入分别增加了10.40%、22.34%和23.55%,利润分别增加了19.31%、46.54%和48.45%。研究表明,在肉牛养殖中添加适量的抗菌肽可以提高生长性能,促进瘤胃发酵功能,增强机体的免疫功能,增加养殖利润,且添加4 g/(头·d)的抗菌肽较为适宜。

干腌牛肉活性肽的分离与抗氧化性能研究

该研究对不同时期干腌牛肉进行了抗氧化和抑菌活性的评价,并发现了5个具有良好抗氧化活性的短肽。盐酸提取法发现腌制后粗肽含量相比未腌制增加了17.8%。3种不同处理方式(未处理、胃蛋白酶和胰蛋白酶)后粗肽液氨基酸含量分别为29.81、64.199、258.111 mg/mL。圆二色谱发现粗肽在195、215 nm附近有吸收带,在205 nm附近有较弱吸收带。茚三酮法测试肽链平均分子质量为19.26~27.02 kDa。通过检测DPPH自由基、超氧阴离子自由基、ABTS阳离子自由基和羟自由基清除率确定其抗氧化能力。结果表明,干腌牛肉具有较好的抗氧化活性,粗肽(1 mg/mL)对4种自由基的清除率分别为78.33%、81.05%、26.89%和36.92%。通过稳定性测试,发现0%NaCl、60℃和pH 7.0时抗氧化能力最强。粗肽也对O517型大肠杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌和白色念珠菌有抑菌能力,5 mg/mL时分别可以达到75.45%、48.53%和44%。经过SephadexG-25和SephadexG-15分别进行2次分离纯化后发现5个肽具有良好的抗氧化活性,分别为DALKKK、FDGDF、HLPSDF、FLSDH、TPTDWK。所以,干腌牛肉制品可能在抗氧化以及抑菌方面促进人体健康。