Track 1-08: Improving Quality of Livestock Products to Meet Market and Community Demands
Publication Date
2013
Location
Sydney, Australia
Description
Brazil is a country of continental size, and more than seven million ha are occupied with tropical pasture. Worldwide animal production from tropical pastures is also very significant where Cynodon, Panicum and Paspalum are important genus. These grasses are widely used in the production of cattle, and are growing in importance for sheep production, but their potential for producing quality lamb is not fully known.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of two tropical grasses for finishing lambs in autumn to reduce the seasonality of production of lamb for meat.
Citation
Poli, Cesar H. E. C.; Carnesella, Samuel; Souza, Fernando M.; McManus, Concepta; Castilhos, Zélia M. S.; Kindlein, Liris; and Tarouco, Jaime U., "Performance, Carcass Characteristics and Meat Quality of Grazing Lambs Finished on Tropical Grasses" (2013). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 26.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/22/1-8/26)
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Performance, Carcass Characteristics and Meat Quality of Grazing Lambs Finished on Tropical Grasses
Sydney, Australia
Brazil is a country of continental size, and more than seven million ha are occupied with tropical pasture. Worldwide animal production from tropical pastures is also very significant where Cynodon, Panicum and Paspalum are important genus. These grasses are widely used in the production of cattle, and are growing in importance for sheep production, but their potential for producing quality lamb is not fully known.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of two tropical grasses for finishing lambs in autumn to reduce the seasonality of production of lamb for meat.
