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Growth and carcass characteristics of desert goat kids and their temperate cross

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

A. Bello  and
S. A. Babiker
A. Bello
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, Institute of Animal Production, University of Khartoum, Khartoum North, PO Box 32, Sudan
S. A. Babiker
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, Institute of Animal Production, University of Khartoum, Khartoum North, PO Box 32, Sudan
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Abstract

Crossbreeding of desert goat does with the temperate Saanen x Toggenburg buck was found to result in a significant increase in the daily live-weight gain and the empty body weight of their progeny slaughtered at about 30 kg live weight when compared with purebred desert goat kids (P < 0·001). Food intake did not differ between the two types of kids, but live-weight food conversion efficiency was significantly superior in crossbred kids (P < 0·05).

Carcass weight and killing-out proportion tended to be greater in the crossbred kids reflecting lower weights of head, skin, internal organs and gut fill. Breed types did not differ in the weights of individual wholesale cuts. Carcass dissection revealed significantly higher muscle proportion (P < 0·05), significantly lower fat proportion (P < 0·01) and higher muscle: bone ratio in the crossbred kids.

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Animal Production , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , April 1988 , pp. 231 - 235
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1988

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