Effects of live weight at slaughter (6, 10 and 25 kg) on kid carcass and meat quality

Marichal, A.; Castro, N.; Capote, J.; Zamorano, M. J.; Argüello, A.

doi:10.1016/s0301-6226(03)00113-1

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“…Current results found for carcass traits were similar to those described by several authors for other breeds (Villanueva, 1998;Jiménez-Badillo, 2007;Santos et al, 2008;Jiménez-Badillo et al, 2009;Zurita-Herrera et al, 2011). Finally, several authors have indicated the positive relationship between carcass weight and dressing percentage or carcass measurements (Colomer-Rocher et al, 1991;Marsico et al, 1993;Marichal et al, 2003;Attah et al, 2004;Jiménez-Badillo, 2007;Santos et al, 2008;Teixeira et al, 2011).…”

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“…Spain's 22 indigenous goat breeds (MARM, 2011; http://www.magrama.gob.es/es/ganaderia/estadisticas) have specific genetic and are reared in a wide diversity of ecosystems, depending on the breed: dairy breeds are generally reared intensively whereas meat breeds are primarily reared extensively or semi-extensively. Regardless of the breed, the most frequent goat product in the Spanish market is suckling kid with a liveweight of 10-11 kg and carcass weight of 5-7 kg (Marichal et al, 2003), which is perceived by consumers to be a high-quality meat.…”

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“…weight influences the development pattern of the animals and hence, the amount of edible meat (Vergara et al,1999;Albertí et al, 2001Albertí et al, , 2005Marichal et al, 2003;Pérez et al, 2007;Peña et al, 2007). Traditionally, in Spain kid goats are reared with their dams but this practice decreases the availability of milk for cheese production.…”

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Influence of breed, milk diet and slaughter weight on carcass traits of suckling kids from seven Spanish breeds

Doblado

Ripoll

Horcada³

et al. 2012

Span. j. agric. res.

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This experiment aimed to describe the influence of production system on the following characteristics from seven Spanish goat breeds: carcass weight, dressing percentage, head weight, viscera weight, kidney fat weight, fatness score, carcass length, leg length, rump perimeter, rump width, kidney fat colour and tissue composition of shoulder. Experiment involved 201 male, single-birth suckling kids from five meat and two dairy breeds. Animals from meat breeds were slaughtered at two targets carcass weights (light, 4 kg; heavy, 7 kg). In dairy breeds, half of the animals were reared with dam's milk and the other half with a milk replacer and all of them were slaughtered at light weight (4 kg). Statistics consisted in two GLM, means for each variable, a PCA to study relationships between variables and a discriminant analysis to compare breeds. In dairy breeds, breed had greater influence than milk diet, with breed effect being particularly strong for kids that were fed with natural milk. In meat breeds, slaughter weight was more important than breed and many significant interactions were found between both effects. All carcass traits were closely related to each other and to slaughter weight. Slaughter weight was also positively related to dressing percentage and to fatness degree. Discriminant analysis explained 76.1% of variability and separated dairy breeds, with well-fattened, medium-shaped carcasses, from meat breeds, with good conformations and medium fatness degrees. Hence, carcass traits were able to group breeds by diary or meat type.Additional key words: carcass tissue composition; fat colour; goat; morphometric measurements. Resumen Influencia de la raza, tipo de lactancia y peso al sacrificio sobre las características de las canales de cabritos lechales de siete razas españolasEl experimento describe la influencia del sistema de producción sobre las siguientes características de la canal de cabritos de siete razas españolas: peso de canal, de la cabeza, de las vísceras y de la grasa renal, rendimiento a la canal, engrasamiento, longitud de la canal y de la pierna, perímetro y anchura de la pierna, color de la grasa renal y composición tisular de la espalda. Se utilizaron 201 cabritos machos, de parto simple, de cinco razas cárnicas y dos lecheras. Los animales de las razas cárnicas se sacrificaron a dos pesos de canal objetivo (ligeros, 4 kg; pesados, 7 kg). En las razas lecheras, la mitad de los cabritos se alimentaron con leche materna y la otra mitad, con un lacto-reemplazante y todos los animales fueron sacrificados al peso ligero (4 kg). En las razas lecheras, la raza fue más importante que el tipo de lactancia, especialmente en los cabritos alimentados con leche natural. En las razas cárnicas, el peso tuvo mayor influencia que la raza, aunque se observaron numerosas interacciones entre ambos efectos. Todas las variables estuvieron estrechamente relacionadas entre sí y con el peso al sacrificio y éste ultimo estuvo además positivamente

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Influence of breed, milk diet and slaughter weight on carcass traits of suckling kids from seven Spanish breeds

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“…Total bone percentages (28.0%-34.9%) within this study were higher than the values of Peña et al (26) and Yalçıntan et al (22), but were similar to the results reported in a number of other studies (18,21,25,27 (25).…”

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Fattening performance and carcass characteristics of Turkish indigenousHair and Honamlı goat male kids

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GÖK²,

ATEŞ³

et al. 2015

Turk J Vet Anim Sci

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“…Similar results were reported by Zurita-Herrera (2007) using Blanca Serrana Andaluza meat breed, in which statistical differences were found in the carcass length between the extensive system (54.10 cm) and intensive system (52.20 cm). Some authors have reported that carcasses become more compact with increased age at slaughter (Anous & Mourad, 2001;Attah et al, 2004;Marichal et al, 2003;Mourad et al, 2001).…”

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Effects of extensive system versus semi-intensive and intensive systems on growth and carcass quality of dairy kids

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-The aim of this research was to study the effects of three different management systems on growth and carcass quality of 61 Murciano-Granadina breed kids and their interaction with sex. In the extensive system, 21 kids were allocated to suckle from their dams on free-range pasture with no additional feedstuff. In the semi-intensive system, 20 kids were suckled from their dams and had access to alfalfa hay and cereal straw (no free-range pasture). In the intensive system, 20 kids were separated from the dams at birth and then fed with milk replacer and alfalfa hay. Animals were slaughtered at 7.00 ± 1.00 kg of average BW. The semi-intensive system and extensive system kids grew faster than intensive system animals (127, 113 and 96 g/d, respectively). Differences in energy intake may explain these differences. Intensive system kids displayed the lowest real dressing percentages, calculated as 100 × (hot carcass weight/empty body weight), due to high development of empty gastrointestinal tract. The long leg and carcass were larger in extensive system kids than in kids from other management systems, presumably due to high physical activity on the free-range pastures. The carcasses and cuts from semi-intensive system and extensive system kids displayed more fat than those of intensive system kids. Males grew faster than females (122 and 103 g/d, respectively). Carcasses in male kids showed a higher content of bones but a lower content of fat than carcasses in female kids. The extensive system is feasible for producing kid meat from a dairy breed.

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Effects of live weight at slaughter (6, 10 and 25 kg) on kid carcass and meat quality

Cited by 107 publications

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Influence of breed, milk diet and slaughter weight on carcass traits of suckling kids from seven Spanish breeds

Influence of breed, milk diet and slaughter weight on carcass traits of suckling kids from seven Spanish breeds

Fattening performance and carcass characteristics of Turkish indigenousHair and Honamlı goat male kids

Effects of extensive system versus semi-intensive and intensive systems on growth and carcass quality of dairy kids

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