Meat production characteristics of Turkish native breeds:I. Fattening, slaughter and carcass traits of lambs    
Yazarlar (8)
Yüksel Aksoy
Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Mustafa Uğurlu
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Alper Önenç
Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Emre Şirin
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Uğur Şen
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Ümran ÇİÇEK Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Zafer Ulutaş
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Mehmet Kuran
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
Dergi ISSN 0375-1589 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2018
Cilt No 48
Sayı 4
Sayfalar 665 / 672
DOI Numarası 10.4314/sajas.v48i4.8
Makale Linki http://www.sasas.co.za/journals
Özet
The present study was conducted to determine the slaughter and carcass traits of male lambs of the Akkaraman (A), Morkaraman (M), Awassi (IW), Karayaka (KR), Kıvırcık (KV) and Middle Anatolian Merino (MAM) sheep breeds. Fattening of all lambs started when they were at 90 days at weaning and finished when they reached bodyweight of 40 kg. The cold dressing percentage of lambs of A, M, and IW breeds were significantly lower than those of KV, KR and MAM. Fat depth and muscle area were significantly greater in KV and MAM lambs than those of the other breeds. There were significant differences among breeds in shoulder, leg and lean weights. Weights of back loin in KV and MAM lambs were significantly greater than those of the other breeds. The highest values for carcass fleshiness were obtained in MAM and IW lambs, but they had a significantly lower carcass fatness score. There …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Carcass cuts | indigenous sheep breed | intensive lamb finishing | meat formation | SEUROP classification