Utilization of live body weight, measurements, and eye muscle components to predict carcass performance of fattened Egyptian male buffalo calves
| Autor: | A.M.A. Rashad, A S A El-Barbary, Dalia K.A. EL-Hedainy EL-Hedainy, A E Badran, A. E. Mahdy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Animal health 040301 veterinary sciences Withers animal diseases 0402 animal and dairy science Live weight food and beverages Eye muscle 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Biology Body weight 040201 dairy & animal science Slaughter weight 0403 veterinary science Carcass weight Animal science Food Animals Animal Science and Zoology |
| Zdroj: | Tropical Animal Health and Production. 51:2405-2412 |
| ISSN: | 1573-7438 0049-4747 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11250-019-01950-x |
| Popis: | Carcass performance of 12 fattened male buffalo calves equally grouped by slaughter weights of 300, 350, 400, and 450 kg was evaluated. Six parameters of body measurements such as chest girth, height at withers, body length, body depth, width at pin bones, and diagonal body length were recorded for each calf immediately before slaughter to test their relationships with live body weight, carcass weight (hot and cold) and its components (head, legs, liver, heart, etc.), and eye muscle area at the 10th–13th ribs. Boneless meat and bones formed 36.6 to 39.0% and 9.3 to 11.0% of live weight, respectively. Chest girth had strong correlation with all carcass traits except bone weight and was the best predictor of boneless meat and carcass fat weights (R2 = 0.90, 0.78). The slaughter weight and height at withers and the 10th–13th rib fat weight were the best predictors of hot and cold carcass (R2 ≥ 97.0), carcass bones (R2 = 76%), and hot and cold carcass (R2 = 85.0, 86.5%) weights, respectively. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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