VETERINARY AND SANITARY ASSESSMENT OF LAMB QUALITY WITH FEED ADDITIVE LEVIBIO INCLUDED IN THE DIET

The aim of the study is to provide a veterinary and sanitary assessment of the quality of lamb obtained by including the Levibio feed additive in the diet of young sheep. The study material is lamb samples from the carcasses of animals obtained from young Romanov sheep of the control and experimental groups at the age of 9 months. An exploratory experiment was conducted in the conditions of the collection yard of the Primorsky State Agrarian and Technological University in 2024. Research methods: assessment of the slaughter qualities of young sheep, veterinary and sanitary examination of lamb (organoleptic, physicochemical, bacterioscopic studies), study of the chemical composition of lamb samples. Slaughter weight of young sheep at the age of 9 months. in the control group was (12.6 ± 0.43) kg, and in the experimental group, where the animals received the feed additive Levibio, – (13.2 ± 0.15) kg, which is 4.8 % higher, while the slaughter yield was (43.2 ± 0.78) and (43.1 ± 0.66) %, respectively. Veterinary and sanitary examination (organoleptic, physicochemical and bacterioscopic studies) of lamb obtained from animals of both the control and experimental groups, whose diet included the feed additive Levibio, showed full compliance with the requirements for high-quality products obtained from healthy animals. The chemical composition of lamb obtained from young sheep of the control and experimental groups of animals does not differ significantly. Low fat content and increased moisture and protein content in the meat of experimental animals compared to the average statistical data indicate that it is more dietary. Thus, the inclusion of the feed additive Levibio in the diet of young Romanov sheep partially improves the nutritional and dietary properties of lamb.