Ratio of meat preparates to carcass in cattle slaughtered in Istanbul

• Main Authors: Çetin Ömer, Dümen Emek, Biçer Hakan H., Koçak Ömür
• Format: Article
• Language: srp
• Published: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade 2007-01-01
• Series: Veterinarski Glasnik
• Subjects: ratio; bones; meat; carcass; age; sex; Holstein race cattle; Swiss Braun race cattle
• Online Access: http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-2457/2007/0350-24570704229Ç.pdf
• ISSN: 0350-2457; 2406-0771

This study was performed to determine the relationship between the ratio of the bones and valuable meat preparates to the carcass, the age and the sex parameters in Holstein and Swiss Braun race cattle which are widely breaded in our country. The half and quarter carcasses of the cattle that are slaughtered in Istanbul were used as working material. The carcasses were separated into 4 groups as above 3 years of age group (n=24), under 3 years of age group (n=46), male group (n=53) and female group (n=17). Totally 140 carcasses were evaluated. According to the obtained results, hind quarter weight, fillet, loin, rump, tranche, sirloin, round, flank, shank, brisket, fore loin, sticking, chuck and total bones parameters were significantly different at (p<0.001) level between above the 3 years of age and under the 3 years of age group. Between the same groups the sirloin tip parameter was significantly different at p<0.01 level. At the parameters of leg weight, shank and half carcasses there was no significant difference between the groups. We could not determine any significant differences in the percentage ratio of all meat parameters to the carcass between the groups of above 3 years of age and under 3 years of age. In the male and female groups, all the parameters except loin, leg weight and shank were significantly different between the 2 groups. Hind quarter and shank parameters were significantly different at p<0.05 level, round parameter was significantly different at p<0.01 level, and the other valuable meat propagates were significantly different at p<0.001 level. Rump parameter was evaluated as significantly different at p<0.05 level between male and female groups. The other parameters were not significantly different between the mentioned groups.