FACTORS RELATED TO DRESSING PERCENTAGE OF YOUNG STEERS AND HEIFERS, FINISHED ON CULTIVATED PASTURE

Authors

  • Fabiano Nunes Vaz Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • João Restle Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Miguelangelo Ziegler Arboitte
  • Leonir Luiz Pascoal
  • Cristian Faturi
  • Guilherme Joner

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i1.6747

Keywords:

Braford, leather, organs, rumen, sex

Abstract

The objective of the experiment was to study the body factors related to the variation of dressing percentage in castrated males or non-pregnant females, slaughtered at fourteen months of age. The animals were finished with energetic supplementation on cultivated pasture. Twelve contemporary animals of each sex were used, all crossbred Nellore (3/8) x Hereford (5/8) from the same herd. Farm live weight, slaughterhouse live weight and hot carcass weight were superior in males, being 365.8; 350.4 and 203.4 kg, respectively, while the females showed 310.3; 294.5; and 168.6 kg, in the same order. Males also showed higher hot carcass dressing percentage in relation to farm live weight (55.6 vs 54.4%) and in relation to slaughterhouse weight (58.1 vs 57.2%) than females. The lower female dressing percentage was a result of the higher hide (9.03 vs 7.96%), inguinal fat in the udder of heifers or cod fat of steers (1.02 vs .67%), full digestive tract (19.35 vs 16.84%), empty rumen plus reticulum (2.34 vs 1.91%) and empty intestine (2.54 vs 2.11%) percentages. There was no significant difference between sexes in heart, liver, lungs, kidneys and spleen percentages, being, respectively, 0.40, 0.93, 1.01, 0.22 and 0.35% in males and 0.41, 0.98, 1.02, 0.22 and 0.30% in females, cited in the same order.

KEY WORDS: braford, hide, organs, rumen, sex.

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Published

2010-04-01

How to Cite

VAZ, F. N.; RESTLE, J.; ARBOITTE, M. Z.; PASCOAL, L. L.; FATURI, C.; JONER, G. FACTORS RELATED TO DRESSING PERCENTAGE OF YOUNG STEERS AND HEIFERS, FINISHED ON CULTIVATED PASTURE. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 1, p. 53–61, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i1.6747. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/6747. Acesso em: 17 jun. 2024.

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Animal Production