1Susurluk Vocational High School, Balikesir University, 10600, Balikesir, Turkey
2Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Van Yuzuncu Yil University, 65080, Van, Turkey
3Van Provincial Directorate of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, 65130, Van, Turkey
Susurluk Vocational High School, Balikesir University, Balikesir-10600, Turkey
*Corresponding author's e-mail: orhanyilmaz@yyu.edu.tr
Online published on 9 October, 2018.
The study carried out at Dort Mevsim Meat Integrated Facility in Susurluk district, Balikesir province, Turkey. In each genotype, there were 20 male lambs. Suffolk and German Mutton Merino lambs were subjected to fattening for 70 days. At the end of the trial, 6 male lambs from each genotype were slaughtered. Slaughter weight, ADG, concentrate feed efficiency, hot carcass weight, chilling carcass weight, hot dressing percentage and chilling dressing percentage were 43.9 kg, 301 g, 3.44 kg, 23.18 kg, 22.24 kg, 52.80% and 50.66% in Suffolk lambs; these values were 43.1 kg, 296 g, 3.86 kg, 21.85 kg, 20.89 kg, 50.70% and 48.47% in German Mutton Merino lambs, respectively. Hot and chilling carcass weights of Suffolk and German Mutton Merino lambs were significantly different (P<0.05). The findings of the current study showed that Suffolk lambs tended to have higher hot and chilling carcass weights, although there were no statistical differences between the two genotypes in terms of slaughter weights, average daily weight gains and other slaughter traits. These results alsoindicate that thecarcasses for retail sale from the Suffolklambs were more in quantity when compared to German Mutton Merino lambs.
Carcass, Fattening, German Mutton Merino, Suffolk
