Effect of Wet Distillers Grain Feeding Supplemented with Vitamin E on Case Life of Beef

Authors

Lasika S. Senaratne, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Chris R. Calkins, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Amilton S. de Mello Jr., University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Gary A. Sullivan, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Galen E. Erickson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2009

Comments

Published in 2009 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report (Lincoln, NE: December, 2008). Copyright © 2008 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Aged (7 and 28 days) strip loins (m. Longissimus lumborum) from 90 yearling steers were used to assess the effect of supplemental vitamin E in diets containing wet distillers grains (WDG) with or without distillers solubles on surface discoloration of steaks during retail display. The greatest negative effects occurred as a result of aging, followed by the presence of solubles and then by the level of WDG. As discoloration increased, the importance of vitamin E in reducing discoloration also increased. Feeding WDG diets supplemented with vitamin E mitigates the surface discoloration of aged beef strip loin steaks during retail display.