Abstract The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence carcass lesions in slaughtered pigs and quantify their relationships with different animal characteristics, pre-slaughter factors, blood measurements, performance indices, composition meat quality traits. Data was recorded for 30 journeys referring 1080 market-weight that originated from 15 commercial small-scale finishing farms. ...

In the first part of the experiment, embryos of Brown Swiss-Hereford (BS-H) reciprocal crosses were transferred to BS and H recipient cows and embryos of Red Poll-Angus (RP-A) reciprocal crosses were transferred to RP and A recipient cows. Calves resulting from embryo transfers (ET) were weaned early (3 to 5 d). Males were castrated and their growth, feed efficiency and carcass composition were...

Fatness is one of the major factors affecting the market value of hogs and hog carcasses. The preference of consumers for the leaner cuts of meat and the competition of vegetable oils have resulted in comparatively low prices for lard, fat cuts, and very fat hogs. Breeders and research workers are consequently endeavoring to select and establish types and strains of hogs that will produce the m...

Recently, in many parts of the world, greater importance has been given to lamb meat as well intensive production and sheep, due demand for this type at affordable prices. In Serbia, similar most European countries, structure total sheep comprises about 70% 30% meat. This study assessed resource-based measures on 11 dairy farms investigated, a 30 lambs, effects sex, presence bruises pneumonia c...

The purpose of this study was to draw attention the number lumbar vertebrae in BA B1 crosses (Bafra×F1 (Bafra×Akkaraman)) lambs (75% Bafra and 25% Akkaraman), effect 7 on some carcass traits. Even though studies reported that might be considerably different dependent sheep genotype, has not been for Turkish breeds. While a performed, seven have identified four eighteen lambs. means length (80.8...

An outbreak of 538 cases of trichinellosis occurred in France in December 1993. Seven cases developed neurotrichinosis and 23 had cardiologic complications. No deaths were recorded. Two patients had a positive muscle biopsy showing living Trichinella larvae. One of them was typed as Trichinella spiralis. A case-control study showed that horse meat was the only meat associated with illness (odds...

Traditional methods of genetic improvement have yielded long-term, significant improvement in traits relating to production efficiency and overall carcass quality; traits like growth rate, feed conversion, leanness and loin muscle area. These methods require widespread data collection and analysis for continued success. Traits associated with end product or consumer product quality have not rec...