Body fat reserves and their relationship to ultrasound back fat measurements in Pelibuey ewes

Autores/as

  • Alfonso J. Chay-Canul Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco
  • Ricardo Garcia-Herrera División Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Carretera Villahermosa-Teapa, km 25, R/A. La Huasteca 2a Sección, CP. 86280, Villahermosa, Tabasco, México.
  • Victor M. Meza-Villalvazo Universidad del Papaloapan. Instituto de Biotecnología. Circuito Central No. 200, Col. Parque Industrial. CP. 68301. Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México.
  • Armando Gomez-Vazquez División Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Carretera Villahermosa-Teapa, km 25, R/A. La Huasteca 2a Sección, CP. 86280, Villahermosa, Tabasco, México.
  • Aldenamar Cruz-Hernandez División Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Carretera Villahermosa-Teapa, km 25, R/A. La Huasteca 2a Sección, CP. 86280, Villahermosa, Tabasco, México.
  • Juan G. Magaña-Monforte Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Carretera Mérida-Xmatkuil km 15.5, CP. 97100 Mérida, Yucatán, México.
  • Juan C. Ku-Vera Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Carretera Mérida-Xmatkuil km 15.5, CP. 97100 Mérida, Yucatán, México.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a3n9.801

Palabras clave:

Pelibuey ewes, body condition, back fat thickness, subcutaneous fat

Resumen

This study was conducted to evaluate body fat reserves (BFD) and their relationship to ultrasound back fat thickness (BFT) measurements in twenty Pelibuey ewes. The BFT was determined 24 h before slaughter using real-time ultrasound equipment with a 6/8 MHz probe. At slaughter, internal fat (TIF) was dissected and weighed. The carcasses were split into two halves, weighed and chilled (6◦C for 24 h). The left half-carcasses were completely dissected into muscle, bone and subcutaneous and intermuscular fat (carcass fat, TCF), and weighed separately. The r values for BFT and BFD ranged from 0.39 to 0.72. Regression equations between BFT and BFD had an R2 ranging from 0.15 to 0.52. Using BFT to predict BFD in Pelibuey ewes was poorly correlated.

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2016-08-25

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Chay-Canul, A. J., Garcia-Herrera, R., Meza-Villalvazo, V. M., Gomez-Vazquez, A., Cruz-Hernandez, A., Magaña-Monforte, J. G., & Ku-Vera, J. C. (2016). Body fat reserves and their relationship to ultrasound back fat measurements in Pelibuey ewes. Ecosistemas Y Recursos Agropecuarios, 3(9), 407–413. https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a3n9.801

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