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ONLINE : ISSN 2223-0343
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Productive performance and carcass characteristics of
crossbreed (Bos
taurus
×
Bos indicus)
cattle
grazing at mexican tropic
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Julio César Vinay-Vadillo1*, Benjamín
Alfredo Piña-Cárdenas1 and Gwendolyne Peraza-Mercado2 |
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1Campo
Experimental La Posta, Instituto Nacional de
Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP)
Carretera
federal Veracruz
- Córdoba km 22.5.
Medellín. Veracruz. México CP
94277; 2Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad
Juárez, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas,
Departamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas. Av. Plutarco Elías Calles
No. 1210, FOVISSSTE Chamizal, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua,
México, C.P. 31210
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| Abstract |
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A total 37
Holstein (Ho)
and Brown Swiss
(BS) crossbred
with Zebu (Z)
bulls reared under a
grazing production system
were evaluated for the productive performance
and carcass characteristics.
No significant difference was found in weight and weight gain and
carcass characteristics between the two groups. Hot and cold
carcass, rib eye area, back fat thickness, kidney, pelvic and heart
weight fat, rumen weight, skin weight, carcass length and width and leg
parameters increased significantly in cattle weighing more than 450 kg.
Genetic groups did not
show any significant differences in
growth and carcass
composition, so both groups
can be used for slaughtering.
The weight at slaughter
is important, since at larger
weight, the carcass features
improved.
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Keywords:
Cross breeding;
Zebu; grazing; carcass classification; tropic |
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| To cite this article:
Vinay-Vadillo
JC, BA Pina-Cárdenas and G Peraza-Mercado,
2014.
Productive performance and carcass characteristics of
crossbreed (Bos
taurus
×
Bos indicus)
cattle
grazing at mexican tropic.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 4(11): 626-632. |
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