Can you change the flavour of meat by changing the diet of the animal?

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For example, if you feed an animal a diet of something such as mushrooms it’s whole life could this make the meat of the animal taste slightly like mushroom?
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10-15 years ago in Minnesota, there was a news article about a new regulation for how long chicken manure had to be kept at an elevated temperature before it could be fed to cows (to keep bacteria from growing in the chicken manure). My thought was, why are they feeding chicken manure to cows?! I have noticed a taste and smell of excrement to some meats and wonder if this is related.

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