Comparison of growth performance and slaughter characteristics of Limousin and Charolais heifers

Zahrádková, R.; Bartoň, L.; Bureš, Daniel; Teslík, V.; Kudrna, V.

doi:10.5194/aab-53-520-2010

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“…The low percentage of kidney fat of Charolais bulls confirmed that the higher fat incorporation into the body at this slaughter weight has been not yet commenced. Similar explanation was given by Zahrádková et al (2010), results showed that Charolais heifers had lower degree of fatness compared to Limousine counterparts. The kidney fat of crossbred and purebred Hungarian Grey did not differ significantly compared to Angus bulls.…”

Section: Slaughter Resultssupporting

confidence: 82%

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Comparison of fattening performance and slaughter value of local Hungarian cattle breeds to international breeds

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The objective of the trial is to compare fattening performance, slaughter results and meat quality of bulls from international cattle breeds with local Hungarian breeds fattened under the same conditions. Altogether 62 growing bulls -Angus, Charolais, Holstein, Hungarian Grey, Hungarian Simmental, Charolais × Hungarian Grey -were fattened in small groups. The daily gain varied from 897 (Hungarian Grey) to 1 240 g/day (Angus). In general, the lower gain value is caused by the semi-intensive fattening system with low concentrate supplementation. The slaughter weight showed a similar tendency as final weight, there was a significant difference between Angus and Hungarian Grey. The killing out of Charolais (59.50 %), Angus (56.80 %) and Hungarian Simmental (57.84 %) was significantly higher than Hungarian Grey (55.13 %) and Holstein (55.03 %). Due to Charolais crossing the dressing percentage of Hungarian Grey was developed by about 1.5 %.The EU conformation scores of Charolais (9.50) and Hungarian Simmental (9.33) and the fatness scores of Angus (8.33) and Charolais × Hungarian Grey (7.33) were significantly higher than that of the other genotypes. The tissue composition of dissected carcass as well as ribs joint composition determined by X-ray computerised tomography method showed the lean meat of Hungarian Simmental and bone proportions of Holstein to be the highest, whilst Angus had the highest fat content. Charolais und Hungarian Simmental had significant higher longissimus muscle area in ribs joint compared to Angus, Holstein and Charolais × Hungarian Grey. Angus and Hungarian Grey had the highest intramuscular fat level of the three examined muscles.

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confidence: 82%

“…The live weight gain of genotypes did not change by linseed supplementation except for Holstein. Similar results were reported by Bartoň et al (2007b), Razminowicz et al (2008) Zahrádková et al (2010).…”

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Comparison of fattening performance and slaughter value of local Hungarian cattle breeds to international breeds

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“…The growth of calves and their weaning weight is infl uenced by a number of factors, e.g. genotype as well as individual (Jakubec et al, 2003;Ducháček et al, 2011), the dam age (Roff eis and Muench, 2007), the sex of calves , the occurrence of twins (Krupa et al, 2005), the year and period of calving (Dadi et al, 2002), diffi culty of calving (Eriksson et al, 2004), nutrition, and others (Zahrádková et al, 2010). According to Szabó et al (2006), growth shows a low level of heritability (h² = 0.12−0.27) and the growth ability is aff ected mainly by the number of calvings of the cow -i.e.…”

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The Effect of Selected Factors on the Growth Ability of Charolais Cattle

Toušová¹,

Ducháček²,

Stádník³

et al. 2014

Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun.

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The aim of this work was to analyze the growth abilities of bull and heifer calves (n = 190) of the Charolais breed calved in one herd from 2006 to 2011. The evaluation was carried out during the period of calf raising, focusing to the eff ects of sex, parity and the mating method on live birth weight (BLW) and the live weight at 120 (LW120), 210 (LW210) and 365 (LW365) days of life, as well as the average daily weight gain reached by the age of 120 (G120), 210 (G210), and 365 (G365) days. Statistical analysis was carried out with the use of the SAS 9.3 program. The eff ect of sex on the live weight and average daily weight gain was statistically signifi cant on the level of P < 0.01 always in favour of the bull calves (BLW +3.05 kg, LW120 +29.35 kg, LW210 +36.98 kg, and LW365 +117.23 kg). The lowest live birth weight was detected in the calves of primiparous cows (BLW = 45.46 kg; P < 0.01). The higher parity, the higher live birth weight was determined, with maximum values in cows from the fourth calving. The trends were similar in live weight at 120, 210 and 365 days of age, when signifi cance level was P < 0.05. The parity eff ect on the average daily weight gain (G120, G210 a G365) was statistically insignifi cant (P > 0.05). The eff ect of embryo transfer (ET) and other commonly used reproduction methods (insemination and natural mating, AI/PP) was evaluated as well as. The calves born a er embryo transfer showed a signifi cantly (P < 0.01) higher the live birth weight as well as weight at diff erent ages (BLW +5.85 kg, LW120 +18.15 kg, LW210 +22.94 kg and LW365 +35.43 kg), and G120 only (+100 g×day −1 ; P < 0.05). These results pointed the suitability of using the biotechnological reproduction methods, especially in relation to the total weight of the reared and fattened animals.

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“…of 7.56 kg/d or 1.99% LW, and 100% UMS diet group of 6.71 kg/d or 1.94% LW, respectively. But, Rashid et al [6] and Zahradkova et al [9] did not find any significant difference of DMI/d among different feed treatment groups, which could be due to the similar live weights of animals and the diets were iso-nitrogenous and iso-caloric, while animals having different live weights were used in the present study.…”

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Growth Performance, Feed Conversion Ratio and Economics of Production of Native and Crossbred (Local × Holstein Friesian) Bulls for Fattening under Different Improved Feeding

Siddque¹,

Sarker²,

Hamid³

et al. 2015

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Comparison of growth performance and slaughter characteristics of Limousin and Charolais heifers

Cited by 12 publications

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Comparison of fattening performance and slaughter value of local Hungarian cattle breeds to international breeds

Comparison of fattening performance and slaughter value of local Hungarian cattle breeds to international breeds

The Effect of Selected Factors on the Growth Ability of Charolais Cattle

Growth Performance, Feed Conversion Ratio and Economics of Production of Native and Crossbred (Local × Holstein Friesian) Bulls for Fattening under Different Improved Feeding

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