Study of the effect of feeding on the specifications slaughtered goat

Abstract

Sixteen male kids 5-6 months old and weighing 22.2 kg were used in this study. Variability in the type of roughage used in the ration constituted of treatments. These were wheat straw hay for control, read straw hay, a mixture of 1:1 wheat stalks hay and reed straw and corn cobs. The animals were alloted to four random groups in similar sheds and they were fed for aperiod of 84 days. All animals were slaughtered and the following carcass traits were studied: The rib-eye area, Subcutaneous fat thickness percent meat yield, percent fat, percent bone. carcass cuts studied included: neck, shoulder, ribs, loins, chump, leg and breast. A representative sample of the carcass was analysed chemically. The proportions of different organs and viscera were calculated. In general there were no significant differences between groups for the traits studied which indicated the possibility of unsing these rations to replace the control ration without adversely affecting production traits and economical output.