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Document Type:	Artigo
Title:	Morphometry and carcass characteristics of goats submitted to grazing in the Caatinga
Authors:	Bezerra, Sharleny Braz Lobato Véras, Antonia Sherlânea Chaves Silva, Dulciene Karla de Andrade Ferreira, Marcelo de Andrade Pereira, Kedes Paulo Santos, Gladston Rafael de Arruda Magalhães, André Luiz Rodrigues Almeida, Omer Cavalcanti de
Issue Date:	2012
Resumo :	The objective of this study was to evaluate morphometric measures, carcass yields, absolute weights and yields of commercial cuts of carcass of kids with no defined breed. Eighteen castrated male goats, with average weight of 15 kg were used. The experimental period lasted 105 days. The experimental design was completely randomized; animals were allocated to three treatments: free grazing without supplementation; restricted grazing without supplementation and free grazing with supplementation. Animals were supplemented (1% of body weight) with forage cactus (Opuntia ficus - indica, Mill) and soybean meal (Glycine max). The feeding consisted of continuous grazing on caatinga. Supplemented animals had higher live slaughter weight and body score, and consequently higher morphometric measures in vivo and in carcasses. The supplementation provided carcasses with higher body weight and body score. For yields of carcass, there was no difference between treatments restricted grazing and grazing with supplementation; supplementation provided carcasses with higher yields. Supplemented animals had higher absolute weights for commercial cuts. Supplementation of grazing goats raised in the caatinga provides animals with higher body weight at slaughter, greater morphometric measures in vivo and in carcass and better body conformation. Therefore, for supplementation, the level used in this experiment is a good alternative in the creation of small ruminants during the dry period in the semi-arid region.
Keywords:	Body score Commercial cuts Conformation Morphometric measures Supplementation Yields
ISSN:	1806-9290
Is part of:	Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
Language:	eng
Publisher / Institution :	Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
Citation:	BEZERRA, S. B. L. et al. Morphometry and carcass characteristics of goats submitted to grazing in the Caatinga, Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, Viçosa, v. 41, n. 1, p. 131-137, 2012. Disponível em: https://www.scielo.br/j/rbz/a/dhzP3cc6GGNrdsHLrnMvNDc/?lang=en. Acesso em: 24 set. 2025.
License:	Creative Commons Atribuição-NãoComercial 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC 4.0)
URI:	https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/23243
Appears in Collections:	DZO - Artigos de periódicos

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