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Title: | Using Australian Sheep Breeding Values to increase lean meat yield percentage | Contributor(s): | Gardner, Graham E (author); Williams, Anne (author); Siddell, J (author); Ball, Alexander (author); Mortimer, S (author); Jacob, RH (author); Pearce, KL (author); Hocking-Edwards, JE (author); Rowe, James B (author); Pethick, David W (author) | Publication Date: | 2010 | DOI: | 10.1071/AN10144 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9015 | Abstract: | This study describes the impact of Australian Sheep Breeding Values (ASBV) for post-weaning weight (PWWT), C-site fatness (PFAT) and eye muscle depth (PEMD) on lamb carcasses within the Australian Sheep Industry CRC Information Nucleus Flock. These results are taken from the 2007 drop progeny, consisting of ~2000 lambs slaughtered at a target weight of 21.5 kg. These lambs were the progeny of sires selected to ensure genetic diversity across various production traits. As expected, the PWWT ASBV increased weight at slaughter, and hot standard carcass weight. Dressing percentage was markedly improved by increasing PEMD ASBV, thus prime lamb producers will be maintaining an animal of similar weight on farm, but delivering a markedly larger carcass at slaughter. Lean meat yield % (LMY%) was highest in the progeny of sires with low PFAT ASBV, which decreased whole carcass fatness and increased muscularity. PWWT ASBV affected carcass composition but had little impact on LMY%, as the decreased fatness was largely offset by increased bone, with relatively little change in muscle content. Lastly, PEMD ASBV had little impact on whole carcass LMY%, but did appear to cause some level of muscle redistribution to the higher value loin cuts, in turn increasing the value of the carcass lean. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Animal Production Science, 50(12), p. 1098-1106 | Publisher: | CSIRO Publishing | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1836-5787 1836-0939 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 070204 Animal Nutrition 070202 Animal Growth and Development 070203 Animal Management |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 830310 Sheep - Meat | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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