Table 3. Effect of S. borealis silage feeding on amino acid content of Korean native goat meat (mg/100 g meat)

Amino acid (mg/100 g meat) Neck Loin Rib Front-leg Hind-leg
Control Treatment Control Treatment Control Treatment Control Treatment Control Treatment
Taurine 283.42 321.25 144.02 133.63 249.52 261.03 279.32 362.70* 222.28 237.00
Aspartic acid 16.92 41.20** 11.15 14.95 9.98 26.05 10.70 32.40* 9.62 11.00
Threonine 12.20* 10.75 11.18* 9.28 11.63 11.00 10.75 10.68 10.74 10.38
Serine 17.43 17.40 16.83 16.00 16.52 18.73 15.27 16.25 15.88 15.33
Glutamic acid 37.42* 26.63 17.00 5.77 27.92 19.73 27.92 27.28 15.25** 5.68
Glycine 71.20 77.90 72.55 115.43 76.26 92.17 73.23 84.97 73.84 74.57
Alanine 116.47 133.30 109.78 121.75 119.24 143.67 108.92 138.60** 125.33 128.80
Valine 15.96 15.27 18.82 18.78 15.53 16.70 16.62 16.08 4.40 4.75
Methionine 3.60 3.87 5.97 7.05 3.83 4.40 3.43 3.98 4.40 4.75
Isoleucine 6.18 5.77 9.35 9.25 6.05 6.50 5.59 6.25 7.10 7.80
Leucine 10.20 9.80 14.57 14.30 9.55 9.93 9.83 10.40 11.17 12.43
Tyrosine 5.28 5.80 10.00 9.98 5.10 5.40 5.25 5.48 6.30 8.03
Phenylalanine 4.93 5.25 10.82 10.90 4.75 5.40 4.78 5.50 5.77 7.67
Ammonia 24.87 24.50 20.00* 16.85 27.50 29.33 22.75 28.38* 21.68 20.95
Lysine 15.635 15.95 12.87 11.58 14.97 13.80 13.85 16.25 12.88 11.00
Histidine 11.28 8.50 7.82 6.43 9.85 8.30 8.82 9.10 7.90* 6.58
Anserine 291.72 307.43 641.73 995.95* 325.2 562.23* 407.62 410.90 553.45 909.40**
Arginine 23.02 19.60 21.43 19.25 19.55* 15.10 19.22 19.33 17.85 14.55
Proline 6.87 6.85 3.32 2.90 5.10 5.80 3.15 7.80** 5.98 7.37
Total 974.60 1,057.02 1,159.21 1,540.03 958.05 1,255.27 1,047.02 1,212.33 1,131.82 1,498.04
Means in the same row within each meat parts are significantly different (p⟨0.05, p⟨0.01).