Meat Quality Characteristics of Small East African Goats and Norwegian Crosses Finished under Small Scale Farming Conditions
| Autor: | W. A. Hozza, L. A. Mtenga, G. C. Kifaro, D. S. N. Shija, D. E. Mushi, J. G. Safari, E. J. M. Shirima |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol 27, Iss 12, Pp 1773-1782 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1011-2367 1976-5517 |
| DOI: | 10.5713/ajas.2014.14069 |
| Popis: | The aim of the experiment was to study the effect of feeding system on meat quality characteristics of Small East African (SEA) goats and their crosses with Norwegian (SEA×N) goats finished under small scale farming conditions. Twenty four castrated goats at the age of 18 months with live body weight of 16.7±0.54 kg from each breed (SEA and SEA×N) were distributed in a completely randomized design in a 2×3 factorial arrangement (two breed, and three dietary treatments). The dietary treatments were; no access to concentrate (T0), 66% access to ad libitum concentrate allowance (T66) and 100% access to ad libitum concentrate allowance with 20% refusal (T100) and the experimental period was for 84 days. In addition, all goats were allowed to graze for 2 hours daily and later fed grass hay on ad libitum basis. Daily feed intakes were recorded for all 84-days of experiment after which the animals were slaughtered. Feed intake of T100 animals was 536 g/d, which was 183 g/d higher than that of T66 group. Supplemented goats had significantly (p0.05) for dressing percentage and carcass conformation among supplemented goats except fatness score, total fat depots and carcass fat which increased (p |
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