The effect of selection for growth rate on carcass composition and meat quality was assessed by comparing two groups of rabbits belonging to different generations of a selection experiment. A Bayesian approach was used. Embryos belonging to generations 3 and 4 of selection were frozen and thawed to be contemporary of animals from generation 10. A control group (C), formed from offspring of thes...

This study was aimed to determine protein and crude fiber digestibility by adding propionic acid in rations its effect on production carcass quality broiler chicken. research carried out using 180-day old chicks (DOC) chicken with Cobb strain. method used a completely randomized design (CRD) consisting of three treatments six replications for every treatment. The treatment this consisted of: T0...

________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The aim of this study was to estimate genetic parameters of some carcass characteristics in the Japanese quail. For this aim, carcass weight (Cw), breast weight (Bw), leg weight (Lw), abdominal fat weight (AFw), carcass yield (CP), breast percentage (BP), leg percentage (LP) and abdominal fat percentage (A...

The experiment involved 68 heifers obtained from Polish Black-and-White Lowland dams (with no more than 50 % Holstein Friesian blood) sired by Limousin bulls. The study was arranged to determine the slaughter and carcass traits, chemical composition and physical properties of musculus longissimus lumborum (MLL) as related to the level of marbling, and to examine the correlation between some of ...

The objective of this study was to test and validate electromagnetic scanning of whole pork carcasses in an on-line, integrated, industrial configuration. The electromagnetic (EM) scanner was installed in two pork processing facilities (Plant A and Plant B). Plant A was a small pork fabrication plant that further processed chilled pork carcasses. Carcasses were delivered to Plant A by refrigera...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the closed-house cage density near outlet that affected production carcass, non-carcass, and abdominal fat finisher phase broilers ascertain number could produce ideal amount low fat. experiment employed a completely randomized design with four treatments: T0 (10 birds per square meter), T1 (12 T2 (14 T3 (16 meter). It replicated five times using dif...

and Implications Variance parameters including heritabilities, genetic and residual correlations are required for national cattle evaluation. There are huge amounts of data available for estimating such variance parameters for growth traits, but much less data is available for carcass traits. In this study, heritabilities and genetic correlations were estimated using restricted maximum likeliho...

Ž . Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss of initial average weight 150 g and brook trout Ž . SalÕelinus fontinalis initially weighing 124 g on average, were reared at different growth rates Ž . Ž . by feeding either a high H, close to satiation or low L, half of H ration of a commercial diet. Fish were reared for 6 to 15 weeks in order to reach same size class. Fast growth increased whole Ž . Ž . ...

Carcass-value marketing systems continue to demand the efficient production of lean pork. Unfortunately, some swine genotypes which provide a high percentage of carcass lean also tend to produce carcasses which are poor in overall quality. An increased incidence of soft carcass fat, which is seen in some lean genotypes, has been associated with mechanized processing difficulties and decreased c...