Open AccessCarcass and meat characteristics of Dorper x Santa Ines lambs finished in pasture, silvopastoral system, and feedlot
Author(s) -
Bruna Martins de Menezes,
Daniel Gonçalves da Silva,
Bento Martins de Menezes Bisneto,
Arthur Fernandes Bettencourt,
Giovane Menegon Pias,
Angélica Pereira dos Santos Pinho,
José Victor Vieira Isola,
Andressa Radtke Baungratz,
Vicente de Paulo Macedo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
semina. ciências agrárias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1679-0359
pISSN - 1676-546X
DOI - 10.5433/1679-0359.2021v42n6supl2p4039
Subject(s) - feedlot , pasture , crossbreed , zoology , production system (computer science) , biology , completely randomized design , carcass weight , animal production , body weight , agronomy , production (economics) , economics , macroeconomics , endocrinology
The objective of this work was to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of carcass and meat of Dorper x Santa Ines crossbred lambs finished in a silvopastoral system, pasture or feedlot. Twenty-four non-castrated male lambs were used (8 animals in each production system). The experimental design was completely randomized, with three production systems and eight replications. The production systems were: pasture of Megathyrsus maximus cv. Aruana, without shading + feed supplementation (Pasture); pasture of Megathyrsus maximus cv. Aruana, with natural shading provided by the native laurel tree (Cordia trichotoma) + feed supplementation (Silvopastoral) and feedlot. The cold carcass weight, empty body weight, cold carcass yield, fat color, fat consistency and carcass compactness index showed significant differences (P 0.05) between production systems. The pasture silvopastoral systems presented similar results and also, when contrasted with the feedlot system, did not influence the parameters related to meat. Feedlot provided better quantitative and qualitative characteristics to the lambs’ carcassess.