Völker H, Rotermund L, Bauer U
Abteilung Pathophysiologie des vormaligen Instituts für angewandte Tierhygiene Eberswalde-Finow.
Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr. 1996 Feb;109(2):55-62.
White veal calf fattening by reducing iron in feed results in clinically disturbed state of health, anaemia, loss of weight and inferior growth of calves. Natural variability of meat quality allows to differentiate in young normally fed calves at the age of 2 till 5 weeks between those with either more anaemic white or more natural rose-coloured veal. So now the consumer of white meat can meet his preferred wishes. The parameters of meat: water percentage, water loosely bound, protein, fat, collagene, elastine, ferrum, copper and zinc don't differ in both variants of quality. The same applies to the minerals in the spleen and also to ferrum in the liver on the one hand. On the other hand copper and zinc really differ in the livers of anaemic versus those of calves adequately fed.
通过减少饲料中铁含量来育肥白犊牛会导致犊牛出现临床健康问题、贫血、体重减轻和生长发育不良。肉质的自然差异使得2至5周龄正常饲养的幼犊中，可区分出肉色更偏贫血白色的犊牛和肉色更自然呈玫瑰色的犊牛。因此，现在白肉消费者可以满足其偏好的需求。两种肉质变体在肉的参数方面：水分百分比、松散结合水、蛋白质、脂肪、胶原蛋白、弹性蛋白、铁、铜和锌并无差异。一方面，脾脏中的矿物质以及肝脏中的铁也是如此。另一方面，贫血犊牛肝脏中的铜和锌与喂养充足的犊牛肝脏中的铜和锌确实存在差异。
