Effects of nutritional level of concentrate‐based diets on meat quality and expression levels of genes related to meat quality in H ainan black goats

The present study investigated the effects of the nutritional levels of diets on meat quality and related gene expression in H ainan black goat. Twenty‐four goats were divided into six dietary treatments and were fed a concentrate‐based diet with two levels of crude protein ( CP ) (15% or 17%) and three levels of digestive energy ( DE ) (11.72, 12.55 or 13.39 MJ /kg DM ) for 90 days. Goats fed the concentrate‐based diet with 17% CP had significantly ( P