Characterization of Three Different Mediterranean Beef Fattening Systems: Performance, Behavior, and Carcass and Meat Quality
Autor/a
Sánchez, Denise
Marti, Sònia
Verdú, Marçal
González, Joel
Font-i-Furnols, Maria
Fecha de publicación
22-08-02ISSN
2076-2615
Resumen
The aim of this study was to characterize three different commercial dairy beef fattening systems for intensive Mediterranean fattening programs differing in gender, breed, nutrition, and days of feed in order to describe their performance, behavior, and carcass and meat quality when they were raised simultaneously under the same housing and care conditions. Treatments were three different production systems: (1) crossbred Holstein x beef breeds such as Charolais or Limousine heifers, slaughtered at 10 months of age (CBH10, n = 41); (2) Holstein bulls, slaughtered at 11 months of age (HB11, n = 42); and (3) crossbred Holstein x Angus bulls, slaughtered at 12 months of age (CAB12, n = 37). According to our results, moving from a production system based on Holstein bulls to the crossbred Angus production system has no technical support as no large production and meat quality improvements were observed, and only marketing strategies for meat differentiation and consumer trends could favor this decision
Tipo de documento
Artículo
Versión del documento
Versión publicada
Lengua
Inglés
Materias (CDU)
636 - Explotación y cría de animales. Cría del ganado y de animales domésticos
Páginas
15
Publicado por
Animals
Publicado en
MDPI
Citación
Sánchez, Denise, Sònia Marti, Marçal Verdú, Joel González, Maria Font-i-Furnols, and Maria Devant. 2022. "Characterization Of Three Different Mediterranean Beef Fattening Systems: Performance, Behavior, And Carcass And Meat Quality". Animals 12 (15): 1960. doi:10.3390/ani12151960.
Program
Producció de Remugants
Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària
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