After feeding on the prepared diets for 90 days, the kids were
transferred to the departmental abattoir, where they were kept
for 12 h with free access to water. They were then slaughtered by
decapitation and tissue samples from liver, visceral fat, subcutaneous fat, and longissimus lumborum muscle were taken from the
corpses. The samples were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen
and transferred to the laboratory, where they were maintained at
−80
◦
C until used