AFBI and Teagasc researchers met in Teagasc Athenry, Co Galway recently to discuss initial results of an ongoing collaborative research project entitled ‘RamLamb’.. “RamLamb” is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) in ROI and undertaken by AFBI, Teagasc and University College Dublin (UCD).
As part of this 4 year project, AFBI is carrying out two lamb finishing trials. The objectives of the first trial were to investigate the effects of gender (castrated versus entire male lambs), breed and diet (grazed grass, stubble turnip, forage rape, grass silage, clover silage or 90% concentrate) on lamb performance, carcass quality, as well as the sensory and instrumental quality of the meat, in terms of flavour.
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