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Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Evaluation of carcass traits and meat characteristics of guzerat-crossbred bulls
Authors: Frederico Borba Diniz
Severino Delmar Junqueira Villela
Mário Henrique França Mourthé
Pedro Veiga Rodrigues Paulino
Cleube Andrade Boari
Julimar do Sacramento Ribeiro
Jorge Augusto Barroso
Aldrin Vieira Pires
Paulo Gustavo Macedo de Almeida Martins
Abstract: Our objective was to evaluate carcass and meat characteristics of Guzerat-crossbred bulls finished in feedlot. Carcasses from 18 bulls, randomly selected from a larger group of 36 bulls, consisting of F1 Guzerat × Holstein (“Guzholstein”); F1 Guzerat × Nellore (“Guzonell”); and 1/2 Simmental + 1/4 Guzerat + 1/4 Nellore (Three-Cross; n = 6 each group) were used. Cold carcass weight was greater (P = 0.01) for Three-Cross compared with “Guzonell” and “Guzholstein”. Three-Cross carcasses had greater (P < 0.01) rib-eye-area and 100-kg-adjusted rib-eye-area among groups. Longissimus lumborum length did not differ (P > 0.05) among groups, but depth was greater (P < 0.01) for Three-Cross compared with other groups. “Guzholtein” had lesser (P = 0.05) shear force compared with “Guzonell”, with Three-Cross being intermediate. We conclude that “Guzholstein” is an adequate option for producers willing to finish this kind of genetic group, as it is comparable or better than Bos indicus crosses and B. indicus × Bos taurus bulls.
Subject: Bovino de corte
Carne - Qualidade
Guzera (Zebu)
Bovino de corte - Carcaças
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS
Rights: Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2015.10.014
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/39850
Issue Date: Feb-2016
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2015.10.014
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Meat Science
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