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February 5, 2019
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Alfalfa but not milk in lamb's diet improves meat fatty acid profile and α-tocopherol content.

Publicated to:Food Research International. 107 708-716 - 2018-05-01 107(), DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.03.007

Authors: Alvarez-Rodriguez, J; Ripoll, G; Lobon, S; Sanz, A; Blanco, M; Joy, M

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Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA)-IA2, Unidad de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Avda. Montañana, 930. 50059 Zaragoza, Spain. - Author
Ctr Invest & Tecnol Agroalimentaria Aragon CITA I, Unidad Prod & Sanidad Anim, Avda Montanana 930, Zaragoza 50009, Spain - Author
Univ Lleida, Dept Ciencia Anim, Avda Rovira Roure 191, Lleida 25198, Spain - Author
Universitat de Lleida, Departament de Ciència Animal, Avda. Rovira Roure, 191. 25198 Lleida, Spain. Electronic address: jalvarez@ca.udl.cat. - Author

Abstract

To establish animal feeding recommendations, it is required to quantify whether the effects of combining dietary alfalfa and milk on meat composition of light lambs are overlapped or independent. This experiment aimed to evaluate the separate effects of dietary alfalfa and milk access on the light lamb carcass quality (10-11 kg), meat colour, chemical composition, fatty acid profile and α-tocopherol content. Thirty-two lambs were assigned to one of four treatments in a 2 × 2 factorial design. The factors were the inclusion of dietary forage (grazed alfalfa vs. concentrate-fed indoors) and lactation length (weaning at a target live-weight of 13 kg vs. suckling until slaughter at 22-24 kg). Dietary alfalfa but not milk supply improved conjugated linoleic acid isomers (CLA), omega-3 fatty acids and α-tocopherol contents in lamb meat without affecting meat colour attributes. Milk supply affected more the fatty acid profile (more saturated) than the α-tocopherol content of meat. Thus, dietary alfalfa improved CLA, omega-3 fatty acids and α-tocopherol content in light lamb without affecting the meat colour, whereas lengthening the lactation period did not provide benefits in terms of meat colour or healthy nutrient composition.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Age factorsAlpha-tocopherolAnimal feedAnimal husbandryAnimal nutritional physiological phenomenaAnimalsAnimals, newbornColorFatty acids, omega-3FemaleFresh forageLactationLamb meat qualityLamb nutritionLight lambLinoleic acids, conjugatedMedicago sativaMilkNutritional statusNutritive valueRed meatSheep, domesticSuckling periodVitamin e

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Food Research International due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2018, it was in position 27/135, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Food Science & Technology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.4, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Sep 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-09-19, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 11
  • Scopus: 13
  • Europe PMC: 7
  • Google Scholar: 11

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-09-19:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 46.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 46 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Joy Torrens, Margalida).