This study had been performed in order to research the effects on performance and some carcass parameters of the addition of prebiotic and butyric acid and of their combined use in quail rations as a growth factor alternative to antibiotics. The research was carried out by 144 male-female Japanese Quails of daily age as having 4 groups-that are the control group in which no addition was made, t...

Forty-eight individually fed crossbred steers (initial BW = 381 ± 7.61 kg) were used to determine the effects of glycerin (GLY) concentration in steam-flaked corn (SFC)-based diets with added yellow grease on animal performance and carcass characteristics. Glycerin was included at 0, 2.5, 5, and 10% dietary DM replacing SFC. A completely randomized design was used with steers as the experimenta...

The objective of this study was to compare carcass and meat quality between Barbarine lambs raised on rangelands and those reared indoors. A total of 24 weaned male lambs (23.2 kg) were allotted into two groups. The first group (GS) grazed pasture dominated by natural shrubs and was supplemented with 100 g of concentrate. The second group (HS) received oat hay and 200 to 300 g supplement of the...

Progressive growth of the Walker 256 carcinoma produces anorexia and loss of carcass weight (6). Carcass weight loss has been prevented by forcefeeding a high fat diet, but other systemic effects (decreased liver catalase activity, anemia, and adrenal enlargement) still occurred (1). It was suggested that loss of carcass weight is not a neces sary component of the reactions leading to the devel...

The study pertains to estimation of carcass cuts in Soviet Chinchilla bucks. The results indicate that the slaughter weight significantly influences the weight of the fore legs (P< 0.05) and hind legs (P< 0.01). The quadratic regression equations provide the best estimators for all the carcass cuts and the carcass as a whole. The accuracy of the predictors is highest for

The effect of genotype, sex and hatch on carcass traits and physical characteristics of eggs was investigated in the Japanese quail. Two strains of Japanese quails including the White (P1) and Wild (P2) genotypes were chosen as the parental generation and crossed reciprocally (10 single-pair mating) to create the F1 progeny. The F1 birds (27 males and 81 females) were mated randomly to produce ...

The objective of this study was to estimate parameters required for genetic evaluation of Simmental carcass merit using carcass and live animal data. Carcass weight, fat thickness, longissimus muscle area, and marbling score were available from 5,750 steers and 1,504 heifers sired by Simmental bulls. Additionally, yearling ultrasound measurements of fat thickness, longissimus muscle area, and e...

This study was carried out to investigate the effects of adding fruit juniper berry (Juniperus communis) on performance, some carcass characteristics, serum parameters, histopathological features and jejunum villi lengths in broiler diets. A total 150 male chicks were used study. The housed for 42 days. One experimental groups a control group, diets 4 treatment included 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% 2% dried ...

Aims: This study was carried out to investigate the carcass characteristics of male and female rabbits raised in semi-arid condition.Methods Results: Twenty-four (24) rabbits, comprising 12 bucks does, were used for this study. At weeks age, weighed slaughtered. Parameters measured include; pre-slaughter weight (kg), hot (g), four primal cut weights (shoulder, ribs, loin rump), internal organs ...