The effect of carcass weight, age at slaughter and sex on some chemical components was evaluated in twenty-two Boutsiko lambs (twelve females and ten males). Chemical composition of meat was expressed as percentage of fat, protein, collagen and moisture content. Measures of the four chemical components were taken by carcass cuts included shoulder, leg, racks, kidney, rear flank, breast ribs and...

the effect of genotype, sex and hatch on carcass traits and physical characteristics of eggs was investigated in the japanese quail. two strains of japanese quails including the white (p1) and wild (p2) genotypes were chosen as the parental generation and crossed reciprocally (10 single-pair mating) to create the f1 progeny. the f1 birds (27 males and 81 females) were mated randomly to produce ...

The objectives of this study were to compare and characterize the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant (AR) Campylobacter in conventional and antimicrobial-free (ABF) production systems on farms, at slaughter, and in the environment. Fecal and environmental samples were collected from ABF farms (pigs, 1,239; environment, 797) and conventional farms (pigs, 1,650; environment, 1,325). At slaught...

The problem of optimal marketing of slaughter pigs has been examined by a wide range of authors (e.g. Rasmussen, 1973; Wendt, 1979; Jolly et al., 1980; Chavas et al., 1985; Sundermeier et al., 1987; Giesen et al., 1988; Broekmans, 1992; Jørgensen, 1993; Boland et al., 1993; de Lange & Schreurs, 1995 (based on the model of Black et al., 1986)). Many different approaches have been taken, but in g...

Man has the moral obligation to respect all animals and also to safeguard animals which are destined for slaughter from unnecessary suffering. Each country should establish regulations to secure humane conditions of slaughter for the various animal species. Unloading, lairaging, moving, stunning and bleeding of animals are all important for animal welfare; training and sensitivity of personnel ...

Studies across 5 yr involving 938 British-breed crossbred cattle (372 heifers, 566 steers) were used to evaluate the effects of grazing alternate summer and fall forages on slaughter breakeven cost of various beef production systems. Grazed summer forage combinations included 1) continuous brome, 2)brome and warm-season grasses, 3) brome and alfalfa or sudangrass, 4) brome and a monoculture of ...