Minhota breed cattle: carcass characterisation and meat quality affected by sex and slaughter age
J. P. Araujo A , J. M. Lorenzo B G , J. Cerqueira C , J. A. Vazquez D , P. Pires E , J. Cantalapiedra F and D. Franco B
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A Centro de Investigação da Montanha (CIMO), Escola Superior Agrária do Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Refóios do Lima, 4990-706 Ponte de Lima, Portugal.
B Meat Technology Centre, Rúa Galicia No. 4, Parque Tecnológico de Galicia, San Cibrao das Viñas, 32900 Ourense, Spain.
C Escola Superior Agrária do Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Refóios do Lima, 4990-706 Ponte de Lima, Portugal.
D Grupo de Reciclado y Valorización de Residuos (REVAL), Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM-CSIC), C/Eduardo Cabello, 6, CP 36208, Vigo, Spain.
E Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão do Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Avenuenida do Atlântico, 4900-348 Viana do Castelo, Portugal.
F Farm Counselling Services, Consellería do Medio Rural, Xunta de Galicia, 27004, Lugo, Spain.
G Corresponding author. Email: jmlorenzo@ceteca.net
Animal Production Science 56(12) 2086-2092 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN14989
Submitted: 21 November 2014 Accepted: 7 August 2015 Published: 15 October 2015
Abstract
This work focuses on the effect of slaughter age (6 and 9 months) and sex on carcass characteristics and meat quality of the Minhota cattle breed. In this study, data from 52 cattle (34 entire males and 18 females) were used for the carcass and meat characterisation. Regarding carcass characteristics, entire male carcasses (158 kg and 223 kg for animals of 6 and 9 months, respectively), were heavier than female carcasses (130 kg and 161 kg for animals of 6 and 9 months, respectively), with better dressing percentages, increased lengths, thicknesses and depths and compactness indexes. The quality of meat from carcasses of both entire males and females had strong luminosity (L*), a pale pink tone (lower a*-value) and high yellowness. Mean tenderness of Longissimus thoracis, expressed as shear force, was below 5.5 kg/cm2, without significant differences (P > 0.05) between either the slaughter age or sex.
Additional keywords: chemical composition, Minhota bovine breed, morphological carcass.
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