Morphometry and carcass characteristics of goats submitted to grazing in the Caatinga

The objective of this study was to evaluate morphometric measures, carcass yields, absolute weights and yields of commercial cuts of carcass of kids with no defined breed. Eighteen castrated male goats, with average weight of 15 kg were used. The experimental period lasted 105 days. The experimental...

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Main Authors: Sharleny Braz Lobato Bezerra, Antonia Sherlânea Chaves Véras, Dulciene Karla de Andrade Silva, Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira, Kedes Paulo Pereira, Gladston Rafael de Arruda Santos, André Luiz Rodrigues Magalhães, Omer Cavalcanti de Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2012-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000100020