Original scientific paper

INFLUENCE OF SEX AND WEIGHT CATEGORIES OF SOME LAMBS SLAUGHTERHOUSE INDICATORS CROSSBREEDS

Amir Ganić orcid.org/0000-0002-9349-9482 ; Univerzitet u Sarajevu, Poljoprivredno-prehrambeni fakultet Sarajevo, Sarajevo, BIH
Enver Karahmet ; Univerzitet u Sarajevu, Poljoprivredno-prehrambeni fakultet Sarajevo, Sarajevo, BIH
Boro Mioč ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

From the World’s stand point production of sheep meat in Bosnia and Herzegovina is very low but in the same time very important for local market. It is mainly based on producing lambs that are the most common for spit roasting. There are few different sheep species dominated with local pramenka sheep improved crossbreed sheep, also, there are: “vlašićka”, “kupreška”, “privorska”, and “stolačka”. On the eastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, beside pramenka sheep there are varieties of improved Sjenica crossbreeds. However, the presence of modern, primarily meat breeds in Bosnia and Herzegovina is negligible. The main characteristic of the sheep husbandry in mentioned areas is production of unweaned slaughter lambs excluding fattening period, thus producing light and medium weight carcasses. The aim of this study was to determine carcass percentage and chilling loss, and the effect of preslaughter weight and sex on the slaughter traits of lambs. The slaughter weight of animals significantly affected (P<0.05) slaughter traits, while sex did not significantly affect the dressing percentage and chilling loss.

Keywords

crossbreeds; lamb carcass; gender; weight class; slaughter indicators

Hrčak ID:

112720

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/112720

Publication date:

20.4.2013.

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