In Germany, until 1985, there was a more or less subjective carcass classification system in use which was mainly based on conformation of the ham. In 1985 this system changed into a carcass classification system based only on objective fat and muscle measurements using different instruments such as the Hennesy Grading Probe or the Fat-0-Meter (FOM). For each instrument one formula is used to e...

A number of technologies that increase feed efficiency and lean tissue deposition while decreasing fat deposition have been developed in an effort to improve profitability of animal production. In general, the mode of action of these metabolic modifiers is to increase muscle deposition while often simultaneously reducing fat deposition. However, there have been some concerns that the focus on i...

The effects of various postchill deboning times on functional, color, yield, and sensory attributes of broiler breast meat were determined. Broiler breast muscles were deboned at 2, 4, 6, and 24 h postmortem, and pH, color change, cooking yield, shear force values, and sensory traits of the breast meat were recorded. Data were examined by multivariate data analysis, namely principal component a...

Rabbits from three synthetic lines were compared. Line V and A were selected for litter size at weaning and line R was selected for growth rate between weaning and slaughter time. Forty animals of each line were slaughtered at 9week of age. Comparisons between lines were made using Bayesian statistical techniques. Line R had a higher meat/bone ratio, higher loin percentage and higher ultimate p...

The ongoing expansion of plantation agriculture has changed the ecological, demographic, and social conditions of Southeast Asia’s forested areas, yet little is known about hunting practices in these novel landscapes. Using information from 73 in-depth interviews with hunters, agricultural workers and wild meat dealers in the Jambi province of Sumatra, Indonesia, we describe contemporary huntin...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the carcass characteristics of Kanniadu kids under different housing systems viz., intensive, semi-intensive and extensive system of rearing. Twenty-four weaned Kanniadu kids were selected at random and they were allotted to three different treatments, comprising of eight animals in each group. The dressing percentage of intensive and semiintensively rear...

The current change of emphasis from purely subjective commercial grading of meat carcases to more objective systems of appraisal is discussed. Modern methods of meat processing and marketing, together with rejection of animal shape as a factor of great productive importance, are considered dominating features of this change. The yield of boneless, fat-trimmed meat is rapidly becoming the criter...

The objective of this work was to evaluate the growth performance, feed intake, slaughter characteristics, meat quantity and quality characteristics of Hanwoo steers fed with Italian ryegrass (IRG) silage (TRT). IRG silage consisted 11.70% protein, 2.84% ether extract, 53.50% dry matter digestibility and 63.34% total digestible nutrients. The daily weight gain and feed conversion ratio of TRT w...

Daily milk, fat and protein yield and amount of somatic cells in cow milk are very important factors that influence milk performance traits. An association between polymorphisms in the kappa casein (CSN3) gene and milk production, composition and technical properties has been previously reported; however, this type of information is not available for the bovine β-carotene oxygenase 2 (BCO2) gen...

In this paper we consider different models that assess eco-efficiency with production frontier estimation when both desirable outputs and undesirable outputs (or residuals) are considered. These models are confronted to livestock farm data (sheep meat farms) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, to discuss their suitability in ecoefficiency measurement. The application is to French sheep meat far...