Leg tissue composition of goat kids according to racial group, weight and gender

Authors

  • Brenda Batista Lemos Medeiros Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Produção Animal, Botucatu, SP
  • Heraldo César Gonçalves Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Produção Animal, Botucatu, SP
  • Jakilane Jacque Leal de Menezes Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Produção Animal, Botucatu, SP
  • Luciana Rodrigues Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Produção Animal, Botucatu, SP
  • Gil Ignácio Lara Canizares Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Produção Animal, Botucatu, SP
  • Maurício Furlan Martins Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Produção Animal, Botucatu, SP

Keywords:

fat, kids, muscle, bone, tissue

Abstract

To evaluate the effect of breed group, slaughter weight and sex on tissue proportion of the leg and muscle, bone and fat ratio in confined kids, seventy-four goats of both sex were used and divided among breed groups: Alpine (A), ½ Nubian + ½ Alpine (½ ANA), ½ Boer + ½ Alpine (½ BA), ¾ Boer + ¼ Alpine (¾ BA) and ½ Nubian + ¼ Alpine + ¼ Boer, (Three cross - TC), at three slaughter weights (25, 30 and 35 kg). Leg represented 31.01% of half carcass, where 62.29% was total muscle, 21.45% total bone and 8.35% total fat. Alpine animals had higher bone weight than other groups. Male kids had higher muscle and bone proportion, whereas females had higher subcutaneous and intramuscular fat in leg. The percentage of total weight of the muscle, five muscles, adductor muscle, quadriceps muscle and femur were higher in the slaughter weights of 25 and 30 kg.

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Published

2011-01-12

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Section

ANIMAL NUTRITION

How to Cite

Leg tissue composition of goat kids according to racial group, weight and gender. (2011). Bulletin of Animal Husbandry, 68(1), 27-36. http://bia.iz.sp.gov.br/index.php/bia/article/view/1063

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