Morphological Indices and Carcass Measurements of Indigenous Breeds of Rams Intensively Fattened

Akinleye Sule Bamidele; Luka Sabo James; Afolabi Kolawole Daniel; Akinsola Saheed Olatunde; Adeyemi Saheed Abimbade

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Morphological Indices and Carcass Measurements of Indigenous Breeds of Rams Intensively Fattened

Akinleye Sule Bamidele, Luka Sabo James, Afolabi Kolawole Daniel, Akinsola Saheed Olatunde, Adeyemi Saheed Abimbade

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Received: 26 May 2020 Accepted: 22 July 2020 Published: 28 September 2020

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Growth rate assessment is an important husbandry practice often carried out in livestock breeding and fattening. Meat production is the most important trait in the breeding objectives of sheep production. Useful information on the suitability of the animals for meat production could be evaluated on a morphological basis. The aim of this study was to investigate breed differences in liveweight, carcass traits and muscle distribution for meat characteristics among Balami (BA), Uda (UD), Yankasa (YK) and West African Dwarf rams (WAD). A total of forty-eight rams were randomly assigned into four groups of twelve rams per breed in a completely randomized design. Body linear measurements were obtained weekly during the fattening period. At the end of the feeding trial, animals were subjected to an 18-hours fast and slaughtered for carcass measurements and muscle distribution. Results showed that BA and UD had higher values for body length (115.75±4.25 and110.25±1.89cm), withers height (70.50±5.57and69.00±2.16cm) and heartgirth (92.00±2.94and84.00±1.41cm), than YK (96.50±3.87, 60.75±3.30 and 76.75±0.96cm), respectively which in turn had higher values than WAD (86.50±5.20, 53.25±5.32 and 75.25±3.30cm). Carcass length, pistol length, and leg length were75.75±4.79,60.75±7.14 and 88.00±2.16; 75.50±4.66, 56.00±5.00 and 80.25±5.80; 59.00±7.79, 56.00±10.62 and 71.50±2.65; 60.50±3.11, 53.75±5.91 and 61.00±2.94cm for BA, UD, YK and WAD rams, respectively. BA and UD had higher proportion of muscle distribution and were generally better than the YK and WAD breeds. This may boost their potential for large scale meat production under fattening conditions.

Published in	Animal and Veterinary Sciences (Volume 8, Issue 5) This article belongs to the Special Issue Promoting Animal and Veterinary Science Research
DOI	10.11648/j.avs.20200805.14
Page(s)	110-116
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Hindquarter, Meat, Fattening, Carcass, Pistola, Muscle Distribution

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Akinleye Sule Bamidele

Department of Animal Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Luka Sabo James

Department of Animal Science, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
Afolabi Kolawole Daniel

Department of Animal Science, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria
Akinsola Saheed Olatunde

Department of Animal Science, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria
Adeyemi Saheed Abimbade

Department of Animal Science, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Nigeria

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  abstract = {Growth rate assessment is an important husbandry practice often carried out in livestock breeding and fattening. Meat production is the most important trait in the breeding objectives of sheep production. Useful information on the suitability of the animals for meat production could be evaluated on a morphological basis. The aim of this study was to investigate breed differences in liveweight, carcass traits and muscle distribution for meat characteristics among Balami (BA), Uda (UD), Yankasa (YK) and West African Dwarf rams (WAD). A total of forty-eight rams were randomly assigned into four groups of twelve rams per breed in a completely randomized design. Body linear measurements were obtained weekly during the fattening period. At the end of the feeding trial, animals were subjected to an 18-hours fast and slaughtered for carcass measurements and muscle distribution. Results showed that BA and UD had higher values for body length (115.75±4.25 and110.25±1.89cm), withers height (70.50±5.57and69.00±2.16cm) and heartgirth (92.00±2.94and84.00±1.41cm), than YK (96.50±3.87, 60.75±3.30 and 76.75±0.96cm), respectively which in turn had higher values than WAD (86.50±5.20, 53.25±5.32 and 75.25±3.30cm). Carcass length, pistol length, and leg length were75.75±4.79,60.75±7.14 and 88.00±2.16; 75.50±4.66, 56.00±5.00 and 80.25±5.80; 59.00±7.79, 56.00±10.62 and 71.50±2.65; 60.50±3.11, 53.75±5.91 and 61.00±2.94cm for BA, UD, YK and WAD rams, respectively. BA and UD had higher proportion of muscle distribution and were generally better than the YK and WAD breeds. This may boost their potential for large scale meat production under fattening conditions.},
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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Morphological Indices and Carcass Measurements of Indigenous Breeds of Rams Intensively Fattened
AU  - Akinleye Sule Bamidele
AU  - Luka Sabo James
AU  - Afolabi Kolawole Daniel
AU  - Akinsola Saheed Olatunde
AU  - Adeyemi Saheed Abimbade
Y1  - 2020/09/28
PY  - 2020
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.avs.20200805.14
DO  - 10.11648/j.avs.20200805.14
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JO  - Animal and Veterinary Sciences
SP  - 110
EP  - 116
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2328-5850
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.avs.20200805.14
AB  - Growth rate assessment is an important husbandry practice often carried out in livestock breeding and fattening. Meat production is the most important trait in the breeding objectives of sheep production. Useful information on the suitability of the animals for meat production could be evaluated on a morphological basis. The aim of this study was to investigate breed differences in liveweight, carcass traits and muscle distribution for meat characteristics among Balami (BA), Uda (UD), Yankasa (YK) and West African Dwarf rams (WAD). A total of forty-eight rams were randomly assigned into four groups of twelve rams per breed in a completely randomized design. Body linear measurements were obtained weekly during the fattening period. At the end of the feeding trial, animals were subjected to an 18-hours fast and slaughtered for carcass measurements and muscle distribution. Results showed that BA and UD had higher values for body length (115.75±4.25 and110.25±1.89cm), withers height (70.50±5.57and69.00±2.16cm) and heartgirth (92.00±2.94and84.00±1.41cm), than YK (96.50±3.87, 60.75±3.30 and 76.75±0.96cm), respectively which in turn had higher values than WAD (86.50±5.20, 53.25±5.32 and 75.25±3.30cm). Carcass length, pistol length, and leg length were75.75±4.79,60.75±7.14 and 88.00±2.16; 75.50±4.66, 56.00±5.00 and 80.25±5.80; 59.00±7.79, 56.00±10.62 and 71.50±2.65; 60.50±3.11, 53.75±5.91 and 61.00±2.94cm for BA, UD, YK and WAD rams, respectively. BA and UD had higher proportion of muscle distribution and were generally better than the YK and WAD breeds. This may boost their potential for large scale meat production under fattening conditions.
VL  - 8
IS  - 5
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