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dc.contributor.authorDrennan, Michael J*
dc.contributor.authorMcGee, Mark*
dc.contributor.authorKeane, Michael G.*
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-05T16:24:18Z
dc.date.available2013-12-05T16:24:18Z
dc.date.issued2005-04
dc.identifier.citationM.J. Drennan, M. McGee, M.G. Keane. (2005) Post-weaning performance and carcass characteristics of steer progency from different suckler cow breed types. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research 44: 195–204en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0791-6833
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/457
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_GB
dc.description.abstractIn two experiments a total of 44 steer progeny of spring-calving Charolais (C) and Hereford × Friesian (HF) suckler cows and C sires were slaughtered at approximately 2 years of age. Following weaning they were offered silage and 1 kg of concentrate per head daily during a 5 month winter after which they spent 7 months at pasture. In Experiment 1, animals were given a silage/concentrate diet during a finishing period of either 95 or 152 days. In Experiment 2, steers were offered either a daily diet of silage plus 6 kg of concentrates or concentrates to appetite plus 5 kg of silage (fresh weight) during the final 140-day finishing period. Following slaughter, an 8-rib pistola from each animal was dissected. For the two experiments combined C and HF progeny had carcass weights of 372 and 385 (s.e. 6.1) kg, proportions of carcass as pistola of 467 and 454 (s.e. 2.8) g/kg and pistola meat proportions of 676 and 642 (s.e. 5.1) g/kg, respectively. All fat traits were lower for the C than HF progeny but there was no difference in carcass conformation score. Increasing slaughter weight increased carcass weight (P < 0.001), kidney plus channel fat weight (P < 0.001), and pistola fat proportion (P < 0.001) and decreased the proportions of carcass as pistola (P < 0.05), pistola meat (P < 0.01), and bone (P < 0.05). In conclusion, breed type had no effect on carcass growth but the C progeny had higher meat yield than the HF. Increasing slaughter weight increased fatness and reduced meat yield.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherTeagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority), Irelanden_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIrish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research;vol 44
dc.subjectCarcass Compositionen_GB
dc.subjectCarcass Growthen_GB
dc.subjectDam Breed Typeen_GB
dc.titlePost-weaning performance and carcass characteristics of steer progency from different suckler cow breed typesen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
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