Gender and live weight on carcass and meat characteristics of donkeys

ABSTRACT: One hundred eighty-nine Catalan crossbreed donkeys (Equus africanus asinus) were used to evaluate the effect of gender (gelding, n=106; or female, n=83) and live weight at slaughter (LW) (<100kg, n=25; 101 to 125kg, n=42; 126 to 150kg, n=85; and 151>kg, n=37) on carcass characteristi...

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Main Authors: Pedro Hernández-Briano, Roque Gonzalo Ramírez-Lozano, Octavio Carrillo-Muro, Marco Antonio López-Carlos, Fabiola Méndez-Llorente, Jairo Iván Aguilera-Soto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2018-04-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782018000400654&lng=en&tlng=en