1. Slaughter traits, carcass measures and meat quality of Merinolandschaf lambs in Croatia
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Valentino Držaić, Boro Mioč, Leopold Živković, Zvonko Antunović, Jozo Bagarić, and Ivan Širić
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carcass measures ,lambs ,meat quality ,Merinolandschaf ,sex ,slaughter traits ,janjad ,kakvoća mesa ,klaonički pokazatelji ,mjere trupa ,spol - Abstract
Cilj predmetnog istraživanja bio je utvrditi utjecaj spola na klaoničke pokazatelje, odlike trupova te pH vrijednost i boju mišićnog tkiva kao važne pokazatelje kakvoće janjećeg mesa. U tu svrhu zaklano je ukupno 52 janjadi pasmine Merinolandschaf (24 muške, 28 ženske) prosječne dobi pri klanju od oko 100 dana. Prosječna tjelesna masa janjadi izmjerena neposredno prije klanja bila je 37,09 kg s tim da je muška janjad bila statistički značajno (P, The aim of this study was to determine influence of sex on slaughter traits, carcass measures and pH value and muscle tissue colour as important indicators of lamb meat quality. For that purpose a total of 52 Merinolandschaf lambs (24 male and 28 female) at average age of about 100 days were slaughtered. The average lambs live weight at slaughter was 37.09 kg, considering that male lambs had statistically significant (P
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- 2018