Carcass physical composition and meat quality of Charolais cattle of different categories

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Paulo Santana Pacheco²  João Restle¹  Dari Celestino Alves Filho²  Ivan Luiz Brondani²  Leonir Luiz Pascoal²  Fernando Kuss¹  Luís Fernando Glasenapp De Menezes¹  José Neuman Miranda Neiva¹ 

[1] ,UFSM Departmento de Zootecnia

关键词: compensatory growth;    feedlot;    intramuscular fat;    primary cuts;    sexual condition;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-35982011001100043

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of the experiment was to study the carcass physical composition and meat qualitative characteristics of different categories of Charolais cattle, feedlot finished. Nine steers (ST), ten heifers (HE), with average age of 20 months, and ten cull cows (CO) with average age of 87 months, taken from the same herd, were used. Diet contained 13% of crude protein for ST and HE and 10% for CO, with roughage:concentrate relation of 50:50, on a dry matter basis. The animals of the three categories were slaughtered with similar degree of finishing, with average subcutaneous fat thickness of 3.8 mm. HE showed carcasses with greater pistolcut percentage (52.8%) than ST (51.0%) and CO (51.4%). The carcass physical composition was similar among the categories evaluated, with 66.5; 67.0 and 67.3% of muscle, 19.1; 18.5 and 18.7% of fat, and 14.9; 15.0; and 14.6% of bone, respectively, for ST, HE and CO. The marbling score was lower for HE (4.6 points) than ST (7.1 points) and CO (6.5 points). However, when this characteristic was adjusted for 100 kg of cold carcass, the means were similar among the categories. CO showed higher cooking losses (27.8%) than ST (21.4%) and HE (23.5%). Meat color, texture, tenderness, shear force, palatability and juiciness were similar among the categories. Charolais cows have the potential for the production of carcass and meat with quality similar to steers and heifers.

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