Carcass composition of New Zealand Saanen goats
F. Colomer-Rocher, A.H. Kirton
MAFTech, Ruakura Agricultural Centre, Hamilton
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production.
1989, 49: 147-152
Eighteen entire male Saanen goats (liveweight range 5 to 115 kg;
carcass weight range 2 to 52 kg; age range young to mature) and 19
female (liveweight range 17 to 64 kg; carcass weight range 8 to 32 kg
age range several months to mature) were slaughtered. Carcasses were
dissected into fat, muscle and bone. Based on allometric regression
relationships an increase in carcass weight from 10 to 30 kg was
accompanied by a decline in carcass muscle from 60.5 to 59.9% for the
males, but from 61.8 to 51.5% for females. The greater decline in
muscle content for the female carcasses reflected an increase in carcass
fat content from 10.6 to 33.7%, while for male carcasses the increase
was only from 11.7 to 15.5%. Over the same increase in carcass weight,
carcass bone decreased from 24.7 to 14.1% for females, but only from
23.4 to 20.4% for males.
Keywords: NZSAPAB;
Saanen goats; males; females; light; mature; fat; muscle; bone;
carcasses
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