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Proximate Composition, Amino Acid Profile, and Mineral Content of Four Sheep Meats Reared Extensively in Morocco: A Comparative Study

Table 4

Amino acids composition of Beni-Guil, Timahdite, and Ouled-Djellal sheep meats.


Breed
Amino acids (g/100 g DM)	BGA	BGT	Ti	ODj	Effect

Aspartic acid	5.95 ± 0.05^a	6.16 ± 0.22^ab	6.32 ± 0.03^b	6.40 ± 0.12^b
Tyrosine	2.80 ± 0.04^a	2.96 ± 0.06^bc	2.91 ± 0.09^ab	3.04 ± 0.04^ab
Serine	3.05 ± 0.03^a	3.19 ± 0.10^b	3.23 ± 0.02^b	3.28 ± 0.05^b
Glutamic acid	9.03 ± 0.06^a	9.22 ± 0.37^ab	9.52 ± 0.16^b	9.62 ± 0.23^b
Proline	2.59 ± 0.05	2.75 ± 0.12	2.64 ± 0.56	3.02 ± 0.20	NS
Glycine	3.43 ± 0.04^a	3.62 ± 0.12^ab	3.75 ± 0.07^b	3.64 ± 0.11^ab
Alanine	3.91 ± 0.02^a	4.07 ± 0.15^ab	4.11 ± 0.02^ab	4.21 ± 0.09^b
Cysteine	0.66 ± 0.02^a	0.65 ± 0.01^a	0.29 ± 0.10^b	0.36 ± 0.13^c
Arginine	4.84 ± 0.07^a	5.12 ± 0.11^b	5.10 ± 0.12^b	5.26 ± 0.08^b
NEAA	37.08 ± 1.28^ab	35.62 ± 0.39^a	37.57 ± 0.61^bc	38.47 ± 0.72^bc
Valine	2.43 ± 0.03	2.45 ± 0.10	2.73 ± 0.33	2.56 ± 0.08	NS
Methionine	1.82 ± 0.07^a	2.15 ± 0.01^b	2.31 ± 0.07^c	2.34 ± 0.04^c
Isoleucine	2.97 ± 0.01^a	3.12 ± 0.05^b	3.26 ± 0.10^b	3.21 ± 0.04^b
Leucine	4.31 ± 0.02^a	4.44 ± 0.04^b	4.80 ± 0.10^c	4.67 ± 0.07^bc
Phenylalanine	3.21 ± 0.04^a	3.42 ± 0.06^b	3.40 ± 0.05^b	3.50 ± 0.05^b
Histidine	1.65 ± 0.29^a	2.35 ± 0.02^b	2.63 ± 0.21^b	2.62 ± 0.15^b
Lysine	3.69 ± 0.01^a	3.76 ± 0.10^ab	4.17 ± 0.31^b	3.94 ± 0.11^ab
Threonine	3.42 ± 0.05^a	3.60 ± 0.10	3.60 ± 0.03^ab	3.71 ± 0.07^b
EAA	24.17 ± 0.28^a	26.05 ± 0.51^b	27.20 ± 1.03^b	26.90 ± 0.52^b
Somme	59.79 ± 0.51	63.13 ± 1.80	64.77 ± 0.44	65.37 ± 1.14	NS
EAA/NEAA	0.68 ± 0.01	0.70 ± 0.01	0.72 ± 0.03	0.70 ± 0.01	NS
CI	296.27 ± 6.52^ab	282.78 ± 6.94^a	345.84 ± 42.40^b	328.46 ± 6.94^ab
PDCAAS	278.49 ± 3.73^a	265.81 ± 6.52^ab	325.09 ± 39.80^b	308.78 ± 3.73^ab

DM: dry matter; NS: not significant; ; ; ; ^a,b,cvalues with different letters are significantly () different within rows; BGA: female lambs of Beni-Guil breed sampled in the Ain Beni Methar region; BGT: female lambs of Beni-Guil breed sampled in the Tendrera region; Ti: Timahdite breed; ODj: Ouled-Djellal breed; EAA: essential amino acids; NEAA: nonessential amino acids; CI: chemical index; PDCAAS: protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score.