Gender and live weight on carcass and meat characteristics of donkeys/Efeitos do genero e peso ao vivo nas caracteristicas de carcaca e carne de burros

One hundred eighty-nine Catalan crossbreed donkeys (Equus africanus asinus) were used to evaluate the effect of gender (gelding, n=106; or female, n=83) and live weight at slaughter (LW) (kg, n=37) on carcass characteristics, non-carcass components and meat and fat color. Geldings had greater (P

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Published in:Ciência rural 2018-04, Vol.48 (4)
Main Authors: Hernandez-Briano, Pedro, Ramirez-Lozano, Roque Gonzalo, Carrillo-Muro, Octavio, Lopez-Carlos, Marco Antonio, Mendez- Llorente, Fabiola, Aguilera-Soto, Jairo Ivan
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Language:Spanish
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Summary:One hundred eighty-nine Catalan crossbreed donkeys (Equus africanus asinus) were used to evaluate the effect of gender (gelding, n=106; or female, n=83) and live weight at slaughter (LW) (kg, n=37) on carcass characteristics, non-carcass components and meat and fat color. Geldings had greater (P
ISSN:0103-8478
DOI:10.1590/0103-8478cr20170889