Fattening performance and carcass traits in crossbred ram lambs

• Autorzy: Unal N , Akcapinar H. , Aytac M. , Atasoy F.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Fattening performance and carcass compositions were compared between Akkaraman (A), Kývýrcýk x Akkaraman F2 (KAF2 ), Kývýrcýk x (Kývýrcýk x Akkaraman) first backcross (KAB1 ), Chios x Akkaraman F2 (CAF2 ) and Chios x (Chios x Akkaraman) fist backcross (CAB1 ) ram lambs. After weaning at 3 months of age, the lambs were fed ad libitum concentrate and 300 g of alfalfa hay per lamb, per day. Six lambs of each genotype were slaughtered at 45 kg live weight and the carcasses were evaluated. The average daily weight gain and feed conversion efficiencies were 284, 271, 279, 282, 274 g and 4.92, 4.81, 4.76, 4.89, 5.01 for A, KAF2 , KAB1 , CAF2 and CAB1 , respectively. Corresponding values for cold dressing percentages were 49.28, 48.89, 48.18, 49.15 and 46.79, respectively. The weight of various fat depots differed (P<0.001 or P<0.01) among genotypes, but the weight of major cuts as a percentage of carcass weight did not differ significantly among genotypes except for percentage loin (P<0.05). It was concluded that there were no statistically significant differences for fattening performance among genotypes and that KA crossbred lambs had a higher percentage of loin and a lower percentage of bone in some of the major cuts. Also, there was a tendency for genotypes with lower tail fat weight to have a higher depot fat.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

sheep; ram; lamb; crossbreeding; fattening; carcass trait; carcass composition; Turkey; animal breeding; animal breed

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Medycyna Weterynaryjna
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: 62
• Numer: 04
• Opis fizyczny: p.401-404,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Unal N

• Ankara University, 06110 Diskapi Ankara, Turkey

autor

Akcapinar H.

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Aytac M.

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Atasoy F.

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