Effect of castration age on slaughtering performance of Piemontese male cattle
Calves castration represents an old and traditional practice to obtain animal work force, but for technical, economic and social reasons in the last half of the 20th century it was left. The recent renewal of Piemontese steers rearing in the breed’s native diffusion area, for quality meat...
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| description | Calves castration represents an old and traditional practice to obtain animal work force, but for technical, economic and social reasons in the last half of the 20th century it was left. The recent renewal of Piemontese steers rearing in the breed’s native diffusion area, for quality meat production (Biagini et al., 2001), has been spurred also for the interest in local typical dishes. Traditionally, in Piedmont calves were castrated before puberty (about 6 month of age), but now also later (12-14 month of age) to benefit by the bull higher growing rate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9efa50454254c169206ea418ee5a9d82022-12-21T19:31:16ZengTaylor & Francis GroupItalian Journal of Animal Science1594-40771828-051X2010-01-0142s25425610.4081/ijas.2005.2s.254Effect of castration age on slaughtering performance of Piemontese male cattleC. LazzaroniD. BiaginiCalves castration represents an old and traditional practice to obtain animal work force, but for technical, economic and social reasons in the last half of the 20th century it was left. The recent renewal of Piemontese steers rearing in the breed’s native diffusion area, for quality meat production (Biagini et al., 2001), has been spurred also for the interest in local typical dishes. Traditionally, in Piedmont calves were castrated before puberty (about 6 month of age), but now also later (12-14 month of age) to benefit by the bull higher growing rate.http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/713Piemontese steers, typical products, early and late castration |
| spellingShingle | C. Lazzaroni D. Biagini Effect of castration age on slaughtering performance of Piemontese male cattle Italian Journal of Animal Science Piemontese steers, typical products, early and late castration |
| title | Effect of castration age on slaughtering performance of Piemontese male cattle |
| title_full | Effect of castration age on slaughtering performance of Piemontese male cattle |
| title_fullStr | Effect of castration age on slaughtering performance of Piemontese male cattle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of castration age on slaughtering performance of Piemontese male cattle |
| title_short | Effect of castration age on slaughtering performance of Piemontese male cattle |
| title_sort | effect of castration age on slaughtering performance of piemontese male cattle |
| topic | Piemontese steers, typical products, early and late castration |
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