Browsing by Subject "Fleisch"

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    Development of high quality niche products from local chicken and pig genetic resources
    (2016) Muth, Philipp; Valle Zárate, Anne
    This thesis indicates that the application of non-conventional and/or slow-growing pig and chicken genotypes alone does not guarantee a superior and/or distinctive meat color and quality of the products. It appears that the valorization of monogastric meat products through niche marketing is critically dependent on matching the respective genotype with appropriate production methods, thus, for instance, highlighting the need for producers to be discerning in regard to the choice of slaughter age and feeding strategy. In the case that these premises are implemented, a distinguished positioning of meat products derived from local pig and chicken genetic resources can be realized, and, expanded by standards that also take the social and economic dimensions of food value chains into account, translated into a common pool resource as a basis for an alternative food network. Efforts should then be directed toward the elaboration of stable distribution channels and effective governance structures in the respective food network.
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    Phenotypic and genetic analysis of meat production traits in German Merinoland purebred and crossbred lambs
    (2016) Schiller, Katja; Bennewitz, Jörn
    The overall aims of the present thesis were to investigate various meat quality (MQ) traits including branched chain fatty acids and their correlation to sensory traits and to perform DNA-based and quantitative genetic analysis for growth, carcass and MQ traits using the data set with about 1600 phenotyped lambs. The lambs were Merinoland (ML) lambs and lambs of five crossbreds of meat type sire breeds and Merinoland ewes. The crosses were CH (Charollais × ML), IF (Ile de France × ML), SK (German black-headed mutton sheep (BHM) × ML), SU (Suffolk × ML) and TX (Texel × ML). In chapter one, growth curves, daily gain and feed conversion of ML sheep and the five ML crosses were investigated via mixed linear models. Linear and Gompertz models were fitted and the quality of fit was assessed. Differences in the model parameters were detected between crosses, genders and birth types. According to the parameters, coefficient of determination and mean square error, the Gompertz provided a better fit compared to the linear model. Additionally feed conversion rate and daily gain were observed, with only the crosses IF and TX showing significant superiority in these traits compared to purebred ML. For practical reasons, however, the common trait daily gain can be recommended to use for breeding purpose, despite if altering the shape of a growth curve is attractive because of e.g. possible lower maintenance costs for a flock. In chapter two, lamb meat and fat of the crosses and ML was investigated for concentration of three branched chain fatty acids (4-Me8:0, 4-ET8:0 and 4-Me9:0) and its correlation to sensory abnormality. Differences between crosses and between sexes were determined, but no significant correlations to sensory traits were found. In chapters three to five, genetic background and genetic parameters were investigated and a chromosome-wide association study imputing SNP panels was undertaken. Furthermore, the possibilities of implementation of this data to improve breeding programs were discussed. Chapter three focuses on genetic parameters of growth, carcass and MQ traits in purebred ML and crossbred lambs. A series of analyses for twelve traits were performed and heritabilities and genetic correlations were estimated using general linear mixed models. Several significant correlations and low to moderate heritabilities were found, indicating that selection on these traits is possible. In chapter four, a targeted association mapping was undertaken with about 330 SNPs using two different statistical models, one with estimation of SNP effects across all crosses and the other with SNP effects per cross. The investigated traits were growth, carcass and MQ traits. In this connection, several weak significant SNPs were revealed. In chapter five, F1 lambs were genotyped on selected chromosomes with a very low SNP panel and imputed via Illumina Ovine 50k SNP BeadChip genotypes from the sires and purebred ML. These were included in a haplotype bibliography before. Furthermore, chromosome-wise association analyses using single marker mixed linear models were performed for MQ, carcass, and growth traits. This was done using the imputed genotypes and the trait phenotypes. Several significant associations were detected, e.g. for the traits shoulder width and cutlet area, and these were discussed with regard to other literature reports as well as their use for practical breeding purpose. The thesis ends with a general discussion.
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    Plant-based foods for future. Results of consumer and professional expert interviews in five European countries - EIT-Food Project „The V-Place“
    (2020) Gebhardt, Beate; Hadwiger, Klaus
    This working paper documents the methodology of the qualitative studies and the resulting insights, as part one of the two-stage study of the Project „The V-Place - Enabling consumer choice in Vegan or Vegetarian food products“ in six European countries. The interviews with 70 consumers and professional experts in total has already been completed. Still in 2020, a quantitative consumer survey will be conducted in Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Spain and Poland. The project is led by the Hohenheim Research Center for Bioeconomy, University of Hohenheim. The Department of Agricultural Markets at the University of Hohenheim is responsible for the qualitative studies. This project is funded by EIT Food, the Food Innovation Community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). EIT is an EU institution under Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.