Genetic Variation and Correlation Studies of Some Carcass Traits in Goats

Das, S.; Husain, S. S.; Hoque, M. A.; Amin, M. R.

doi:2001.14.7.905

Article

Animal Breeding and Genetics

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 2001;14(7): 905-909.
https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2001.905 Published online July 1, 2001.

Genetic Variation and Correlation Studies of Some Carcass Traits in Goats

S. Das, S. S. Husain, M. A. Hoque, M. R. Amin

Abstract

Three groups of wethers viz. Jamunapari ??Black Bengal ?? (JBB), Selected Black Bengal ??Selected Black Bengal ?? (SBB) and Random Black Bengal ??Random Black Bengal ?? (RBB) of 1 year old were evaluated for pre-slaughter traits and carcass characteristics. The correlations between pre-slaughter traits and carcass traits were computed. It was found that the pre-slaughter weights of JBB and SBB were almost similar in yielding hot and chilled carcass as well as dressing percentage (DP). RBB wethers were lighter (p<0.05) than JBB and SBB in pre- and post-slaughter weights and also inferior (p<0.05) in DP. SBB wethers were found to produce more visceral fat compared to JBB and RBB. Other variety meats appeared erratic in yield.1. Correlations were compared by Z statistic among three genetic groups and the value of Z did not differ (p>0.05) between groups.

Keywords: Selection; Crossbreeding; Pre- and Post-Slaughter Traits; Correlations