Carcass and meat quality traits of 60 Nellore young bulls fed diets without crude glycerin (CG); with CG replacing corn (CGc; 10% of drymatter—DM) in the concentrate; and with CG replacing soybean hull (CGsh; 10% ofDM) in the concentrate were evaluated. Diets were evaluated at two concentrate levels (CLs).
The CL did not affect cold carcass weight (CCD; P = 0.6074), cold carcass dressing (CCD; P = 0.9636), rib fat thickness (RFT; P = 0.8696) and longissimus muscle area (LMA; P = 0.7524).
Animals fed diets with CGc or CGsh showed meat with greater deposition of monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA; P = 0.0022) and CLA (18:2 cis-9, trans-11) contents (P = 0.0001) than animals fed diets without CG.