Relação entre medidas ultrassônicas e da carcaça de bubalinos Murrah abatidos em diferentes períodos de confinamento
Data
2009-09-01
Autores
Andrighetto, Cristiana [UNESP]
Jorge, Andre Mendes [UNESP]
Cervieri, Rafael da Costa
Cucki, Thalita Oliveira
Rodrigues, Érico [UNESP]
Arrigoni, Mario de Beni [UNESP]
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
Resumo
Os objetivos neste trabalho foram estimar as correlações entre medidas obtidas por ultrassonografia e na carcaça e acompanhar o desenvolvimento da área de olho-de-lombo e a deposição de gordura de búfalos em diferentes períodos de confinamento. Foram utilizados 20 bubalinos da raça Murrah, castrados, abatidos aos 75, 100, 125 ou 150 dias de confinamento. As medidas realizadas foram área de olho-de-lombo, espessura de gordura subcutânea do dorso e espessura de gordura da garupa, mensuradas por ultrassonografia quando os búfalos atingiram o tempo de abate e na carcaça, após o abate. A espessura de gordura subcutânea da carcaça foi avaliada utilizando-se paquímetro e a área de olho-de-lombo da carcaça, régua do quadrante de pontos. O período de confinamento apresentou efeito linear crescente na área de olho-de-lombo e nas espessuras de gordura do dorso e da garupa avaliadas por ultrassom e na carcaça. O efeito linear positivo entre 75 e 150 dias de confinamento, tanto para a área de olho-de-lombo como para espessura de gordura medidas no dorso e na garupa, comprovou que os animais ainda não haviam atingido a maturidade. As correlações entre as medidas obtidas por ultrassom e na carcaça foram 0,82 para área de olho-de-lombo e 0,85 para espessura de gordura subcutânea no dorso. As características de carcaça medidas por ultrassom em bubalinos apresentam boas correlações com as medidas realizadas na carcaça no momento do abate, o que permite, em bubalinos da raça Murrah castrados e oriundos de rebanho leiteiro, acompanhar as alterações dessas características durante o desenvolvimento.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlations between the measurements obtained by ultrasound and from the carcass and follow the development of the ribeye and fat thickness in buffaloes at different feedlot stages. Twenty castrated, hornless Murrah buffaloes were used. The buffaloes were separated into four groups that were slaughtered at 75, 100, 125, 150 days of feedlot. The measurements taken by ultrasound when the buffaloes reached the slaughter point and from the carcass after the slaughter were ribeye, back fat thickness and rump fat thickness. The fat thickness was evaluated using a paquimeter and the ribeye was evaluated by using a quadrant grade ruler. The ribeye, back fat thickness and rump fat thickness presented a linear increase effect in function of the feedlot stages. The linear increase from 75 to 150 days of feedlot for ribeye, back fat thickness and rump fat thickness showed that the buffaloes had not reached maturity. The increase in the fat thickness measurement obtained in days of feedlot from the carcass and by ultrasound was similar between the back and rump. The correlations measured by ultrasound and from the carcass were 0.82 for ribeye and 0.85 for back fat thickness. The characteristics of the measurements taken by ultrasound, in buffaloes, correlated well with measurements at the time of slaughter, so that the alterations could be followed in these characteristics in castrated Murrah buffaloes from a dairy herd during their development.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlations between the measurements obtained by ultrasound and from the carcass and follow the development of the ribeye and fat thickness in buffaloes at different feedlot stages. Twenty castrated, hornless Murrah buffaloes were used. The buffaloes were separated into four groups that were slaughtered at 75, 100, 125, 150 days of feedlot. The measurements taken by ultrasound when the buffaloes reached the slaughter point and from the carcass after the slaughter were ribeye, back fat thickness and rump fat thickness. The fat thickness was evaluated using a paquimeter and the ribeye was evaluated by using a quadrant grade ruler. The ribeye, back fat thickness and rump fat thickness presented a linear increase effect in function of the feedlot stages. The linear increase from 75 to 150 days of feedlot for ribeye, back fat thickness and rump fat thickness showed that the buffaloes had not reached maturity. The increase in the fat thickness measurement obtained in days of feedlot from the carcass and by ultrasound was similar between the back and rump. The correlations measured by ultrasound and from the carcass were 0.82 for ribeye and 0.85 for back fat thickness. The characteristics of the measurements taken by ultrasound, in buffaloes, correlated well with measurements at the time of slaughter, so that the alterations could be followed in these characteristics in castrated Murrah buffaloes from a dairy herd during their development.
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área de olho-de-lombo, búfalos de rio, espessura de gordura subcutânea, fat thickness, ribeye, water buffaloes
Como citar
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia. Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia, v. 38, n. 9, p. 1762-1768, 2009.