CARCASS TRAITS AND MEAT QUALITY OF ONE- HUMPED CAMELS FED DIFFERENT HALOPHYTIC FORAGES: 1- WHOLESALE CUTS AND PHYSlCAL COMPONENTS OF CAMEL CARCASS. | ||||
| Journal of Animal and Poultry Production | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 30, Issue 4, April 2005, Page 1929-1942 PDF (1.03 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jappmu.2005.237969 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M. F. Shehata,; Safinaz M. Shawket; A. A. Azamel | ||||
| Animal and Poultry Division, Desert Research Center, EI-Mataria, Cairo, Egypt- | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Twelve male one-humped camels aged 10 — 12 months and average body weight of 250 :t 3.27 kg were fed Acacia saiigna (AS) and/or Atriplex nummuian'a (AN) as r0ughage component. Gr0und date stones and olive cakes were added as concentrate to the traditional concentrate mixture formula at the rate of 20 and 10%. respectively. Camels were divided into four equal groups (3 each), The first group < /p> (control) was fed traditional concentrate mixture (TCM) and berseem hay. The second group was fed untraditional concentrate mixture (UCM) and AS. The third group was fed UCM and AN. The fourth group was fed UCM. AS and AN. Camels were salughtered after 240 days and carcasses were chilled and used to observe the effect of camels feeding on halophytic plants on wholesale cuts. physical components and fat deposits in camel carcass Results showed that the brisket and shoulder cuts weight differed significantly (P<0.05) due to type of feeding. while the other wholesale cuts. high-priced cuts. fore- and hind-quarters showed no significant differences. The weights of high-priced cuts as a percent of chilled carcass weight were 42.00, 43.27. 43.58 and 40.87% for BH. AS, AN and AS-AN groups. respectively. Hind-quarters mean weight (53.76%) recorded higher values than fore—quarters (46.23%) but there were no significant differences among all groups studied. Regardless of the feeding groups. the present study showed that fore-quarters attained higher lean meat. less fat and higher bone contents when compared to the hind-quarters. However. the hind- quarters yield higher percentages of boneless meat than the fore-quarters. Camel groups which were fed halophytic forages had similar results to camels in the control group which were fed berseem hay in the lean meat. fat and boneless meat for both fore- and hind-quarters. The percentages of lean meat, fat. bone and boneless meat (based on chiiled carcas weight) in whole carcass were significantly (P s 0.05} affected by type of feeding. The AN group that was fed Atriplex nummuiarfa had higher lean meat percentage (58 “3%) and lower fat percentage (22.01%) than the other groups Also. the AN group had lower total body and carcass fat values (1.7.80 and 718%) than the BH. AS and AS-AN groups (21.90 and 12.37; 20.05 and 8.98; and 20.01 and 9.99 9-6). respectively which considered more acceptable than other groups. Accoo‘ing to the present results. the unlraditional concentrate mixture (UCltvlfi and edtb:e parts of the halophytic plants in feeding grow-mg camels can be Successfully used in feeding growing camels for a period of eight months With no adverse effects on their wholesale cuts. phySical components (lean meat. fat. bone and boneless meat} and fat deposits | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| One-humped camel. wholesale cuts; lean meat. boneless meal. fat deposits. halophytic forages | ||||
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