TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effects of Early Castration on Slaughter and Carcass Characteristics of Norduz Male Kids
AU - Kor, Askin AU - Resul Ciftci, M. 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 9
IS  - 18
SP  - 2382
EP  - 2385
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2010.2382.2385
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2010.2382.2385
KW  - subcutaneous fat
KW  -chop
KW  -Dressing percentage
KW  -carcass jointing
KW  -leg
KW  -omental fat
AB  - This study examined the effects of early castration on slaughter and carcass characteristics of Norduz goat male kids. Animal material consisted of 25 male kids divided into two groups-an early castrated group (n = 13) and a control group (n = 12). All animals were weaned at 3 months and then subjected to an 85 days fattening period. Kids were fed with a ration of concentrate (16.6% crude protein and 10.6 MJ kg<SUP>-1</SUP> DM ME) <I>ad libitum</I> +200 g sainfoin per kid twice daily. At the end of the fattening period, eight kids from each group were slaughtered to determine carcass characteristics. Significant differences (p&lt;0.01) were found in the slaughter weights of castrated (24.84&plusmn;0.465 kg) and intact (30.41&plusmn;1.061 kg) kids. Cold carcass weights of castrated (9.40&plusmn;0.230 kg) and intact (11.53&plusmn;0.544 kg) kids also varied significantly (p&lt;0.05). Muscle, bone, subcutaneous fat  and  intermuscular  fat  percentages  in  the  chop region for intact and castrated groups were, respectively, 43.15&plusmn;0.822 and 41.48&plusmn;0.579%; 24.60&plusmn;1.026 and 26.84&plusmn;0.750%; 7.66&plusmn;0.711 and 10.21&plusmn;0.615%; 7.48&plusmn;0.506 and 7.25&plusmn;0.693%. It was concluded that early castration had no significant on the carcass characteristics of Norduz male kids.
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