Academic Consortium Publications for November 2025

Each month, we celebrate a publication from the Compusense Academic Consortium. For November, we are highlighting a publication by J.M. Boden, J. Marais, L.C. Hoffman, J.H.C. van Zyl, and P.E. Strydom on lamb meat quality. In South Africa, when environmental conditions are baaaa-d, as occurs in a severe drought, lambs that would typically be allowed to graze on the Karoo may be confined to pens and given feedlot feeding for up to 30 days. Feedlot-fed lambs reached an appropriate size, but descriptive sensory analysis shows feedlot feeding affects the sensory profiles of these lambs. For example, feedlot-fed lambs had higher barnyard, sheep wool, animal feed, and rancid aromas in their meat than lambs that spent more time grazing on the Karoo, which had higher typical lamb meat and herbaceous aroma intensities. Want to read more? No need to be sheepish! See below to read more about this and other recent publications from members of the Compusense Academic Consortium.