Data/hora: 01/06/2024 16:20:48

Provedor de dados: | 65
País: | Brazil
Título: | Carcass characteristics of Canindé goats subjected to feed restriction
Autores: | Bezerra,Andreia Batista; Gonzaga Neto,Severino; Medeiros,Ariosvaldo Nunes de; Carvalho,Francisco Fernando Ramos de; Bispo,Safira Valença; Souza,Anaiane Pereira; Santos Neto,José Maurício dos; Ribeiro,Luana Paula dos Santos.
Data: | 2017-01-01
Ano: | 2017
Palavras-chave: | Carcass yield; Commercial cuts; Native breed.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of feed restriction on the carcass characteristics of castrated Canindé goat kids. A randomized block design was used, in which 21 goat kids with a body weight (BW) of 15.9±1.0kg were allocated to three levels of feed restriction: ad libitum, 20% and 40% restriction related to the ad libitum intake. The diet consisted of 55% forage (Tifton) and 45% concentrate. All animals were slaughtered when the kids fed ad libitum reached a BW of 25kg. After slaughter, the carcasses were chilled for 24 hours and subsequently measured. Kids fed ad libitum and subjected to 20% feed restriction showed similar morphometric carcass measurements, except for the chest circumference. Goat kids fed ad libitum exhibited greater values for warm and cold carcass yields compared with those subjected to 40% feed restriction and did not differ from the kids under 20% feed restriction. Weights of the commercial cuts showed decreasing mean values according to the intensity of feed restriction. Castrated Canindé goat kids subjected to 20% feed restriction presented similar carcass yields and proportion of commercial cuts to those fed ad libitum.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782017000800651
Editor: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Relação: | 10.1590/0103-8478cr20160690
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Ciência Rural  v.47 n.8 2017
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess