Certain meat quality characteristics of Awassi and Turkish Merino × Awassi (F1) lambs

Authors : Romedi ÇELİK, Alper YILMAZ

Pages : 349-357

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aimed to determine the meat quality characteristics of 2-way crossbred lambs that were obtained by mating Turkish Merino insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Karacabey Merino); as a sire line with Awassi ewes, as compared to those of purebred Awassi lambs. In all, 8 male and 8 female single born lambs from each genotype insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(forming 4 groups and 32 lambs); were investigated. In Awassi purebred and Turkish Merino × Awassi insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(F1); crossbred lambs mean pH values at 24 h were 5.84 and 5.80, drip losses were 2.35% and 2.69%, cooking losses were 31.41% and 30.94%, Warner-Bratzler shear force values were 3.42 kg and 2.63 kg, P:S ratios were 0.14 and 0.16, and insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n-6/n-3); ratios were 3.70 and 4.66, respectively. The results of the present study show that meat of Turkish Merino × Awassi insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(F1); lambs was more tender but less healthy than that of Awassi lambs, although the differences were probably not important enough to be significant at the market level.
Keywords : Turk J Vet Anim Sci 2010, 34 349 357 Turk J Vet Anim Sci, vol 34, iss 4