3.2.2 Drip loss and cooking loss
The relation between FA and drip loss is mainly explained by high susceptibility of PUFA to oxidation. The oxidation in membrane phospholipids disrupts the membrane structure and function, and this could increase the passage of sarcoplasmic fluid through the muscle cell membrane (Asghar et al., 1991). In the present study, enriching goat meat with n − 3 PUFA had no effect on the drip loss and cooking loss over the designated aging times (Table 4). Similar finding was also reported by Corazzin et al. (2012) in young bulls fed diets containing whole ground linseed (5–8% of DM).