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Carcass composition evaluation of sheep grazed on Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) in high altitude area of Kenya

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Title Carcass composition evaluation of sheep grazed on Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) in high altitude area of Kenya
 
Creator Wachira, J.D.
Kamau, C.R.
Chemitei, V.C.C.
Muia, J.K.
Gichuru, W.N.
 
Subject SHEEP
ANIMAL NUTRITION
FEEDS
KENYA
CARCASS COMPOSITION
GRAZING
PENNISETUM CLANDESTINUM
DIET
PRECIPITATION
 
Description A total of 30 mutton sheep, each consisting of 10 red masai, dorper and hampshire down breeds in equal proportions of 5 males and females were delivered to Muguga Meat Research Laboratory in 1981/82 year for a complete carcass composition valuation. Their mean body weight and age were 31.6 kg and 20 months respectively. The sheep were reared on evergreen Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) pastures without any feed supplementation up to slaughter. The sheep were provided with water and mineral lick ad libitum in the evenings when they were brought to night boma. The research animals received the same management, disease control measures and rotational field grazing patterns. The variables considered besides external and internal organs were weights of farm liveweight, empty body weight, hot carcass weight, cold dressed weight and the dissected joints of meat with bone, lean, butcher's bone, fat and visceral organs, digestive organs, rejects (blood, digesta and offals made of gall bladder, empty bladder, genitals and trimmings). The none significant variables (P
 
Date 2016-02-08T09:03:05Z
2016-02-08T09:03:05Z
1990
 
Type Conference Paper
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10568/70812
 
Language en