title: Carcass measurements and meat quality characteristics of dairy suckling kids compared to an indigenous genotype.
abstract: Effects of genotype on carcass measurements and meat quality were investigated by using 24 suckling kids from Turkish Saanen, Gokceada and Maltese breeds. Carcass quality characteristics of indigenous kids (Gokceada) were lower than those of dairy type (Turkish Saanen and Maltese) kids. Breed effect on ultimate meat pH, cooking loss, drip loss and Warner Bratzler shear force values were not significant. Meat samples from Turkish Saanen kids had higher redness (at 0, 1 and 24h) and yellowness (at 24h) values than Gokceada kids (P<0.05). Breed had no significant effect on sensory characteristics except flavour intensity. Flavour intensity scores given to meat samples of Maltese kids were higher than those of Turkish Saanen and Gokceada kids (P<0.01). In conclusion, dairy type breeds should be considered for meat production as well, with meat from Maltese kids potentially offering better colour and flavour intensity than that of Turkish Saanen kids.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Veterinary Faculty, Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, 34320 Avcilar, Istanbul, Turkey. bekiz@istanbul.edu.tr
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ekiz
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Cemil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tölü
authors.forename: Türker
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Savaş
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D001823:Body Composition; D003612:Dairying; D005838:Genotype; D006041:Goats / Q000235:genetics; D008460:Meat / Q000592:standards*