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SLAUGHTER CHARACTERISTICS OF CRES, PAG AND TRAVNICKA PRAMENKA LAMBS
D. Bedeković
B. Mioč
Vesna Pavić
I. Vnučec
Z. Prpić
Z. Barać
Sažetak
The aim of this work was to determine slaughter characteristics (slaughter weight, hot car-cass weight, dressing percentage and non-carcass components proportion) of lambs from some breeds (Cres sheep, Pag sheep and Travnicka pramenka sheep) offered on Croatian meat market as whole carcass. Also, the aim was to determine the differences in carcass traits between those breeds and lamb sexes. For that purpose, 37 Travnicka pramenka lambs (25 male and 12 female) on average 3.5 months old, 44 Cres lambs (22 male and 22 female) on average 2.5 months old and 50 Pag lambs (28 male and 22 female) on average 36 days old. The differences in age of lambs at slaughter are due to different production system applied for each breed. The lambs were slaugh-tered and processed at local abattoirs in Lika and on islands Cres and Pag. Following slaughter, hot carcasses and ‘’non-carcass’’ components were weighed. The average slaughter weights between Travnicka pramenka lambs, Cres lambs and Pag lambs were significantly different (28.05 kg, 20.02 kg and 11.18 kg, respectively). The hot carcass weight of Travnicka pramenka lambs was signi-ficantly higher than hot carcass weight of Cres and Pag lambs (13.93 kg vs. 10.74 and 6.25 kg). However, Pag lambs had significantly higher dressing percentage than Cres and Travnicka pra-menka lambs (55.82% vs. 53.37 and 49.49%). Also, it was determined that sex had significant influ-ence on slaughter characteristics of lambs from investigated breeds. The results of this research confirm very strong influence of tradition, production goal and habits of consumers on slaughter weight, age and carcass weight of lambs.
Primljeno: 15.7.2007.
Ključne riječi
Travnik lambs; Cres lambs; Pag lambs; slaughter characteristics
Hrčak ID:
103466
URI
Datum izdavanja:
22.10.2007.
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