Effects of corn replacement by bakery waste on carcass characteristics and meat quality of Holstein steers

The effects of the addition of bakery waste (BW) replacing corn in the diet of Holstein steers was studied on carcass dressing and meat quality. Four treatments were applied, respectively, 0%, 10%, 20% and 30% of bakery waste replacing corn in the concentrated mixture. The animals were fed with complete pelleted mixtures, with 30% of Coast-cross hay (Cynodon dactylon L.) as roughage, A randomized block design with four treatments and five repetitions, total of 20 animals, was used. The experiment began when the calves reached 90 kg of live weight and lasted for 120 days. At the end of experiment, the animals were slaughtered and carcass dressing, commercial cuts and meat composition and quality were evaluated. The meat quality was evaluated by color, tenderness and chemistry composition (moisture, fat, protein and minerals). The results showed no differences among treatments concerning parameters studied (P>0,05). Therefore, bakery waste can be considered an alternative source for feeding growing steers, when compared with corn.