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Carcass traits of baby beef Simmental cattle

The objective of this investigation was to determine distribution within EUROP classes and carcass traits (weight and measurements, dressing percentage, shares of separated fat and dissected muscle, fat, bone and tendon tissues) of young Simmental bulls (n=13) and heifers (n=13) which were produced as Croatian baby beef destined for export. The EUROP classification showed a favorable conformation of both, bulls and heifers with about one third carcasses graded as highest E class. The heifer’ s fatness was less favorable and almost half of carcasses were classified as high fat class (4) and thus less valuable. The amount of trimmed carcass fat was higher (P>0.001) in heifers than in bulls (6.68 % vs. 4.70 %) as well as the share of fat tissue after carcass dissection (10.58 % vs. 7.27 %). The share of muscle tissue in the carcass was higher (P>0.001) in bulls than in heifers (70.45 % vs. 67.09 %) The bulls also showed the longer (P>0.05) carcass length (135.66 cm vs. 132.07 cm) as well as the larger (P>0.001) perimeter of the leg (122.65 cm vs. 116.38 cm) than heifers. The differences between bulls and heifers in dressing percentage, leg length, shares of Milanese cut, bone and tendon tissue in the carcass were small and not significant (P>0.05).

Simmental cattle ; baby-beef ; EUROP system ; carcass traits

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