Carcass composition of canary caprine group at adult age

Abstract

To study the carcass characteristics of mature goats from the Canary Caprine Group (CCG) 14 goats were slaughtered at adult age. The average live weight at slaughter was 57.88+/-2.44 kg, the hot carcass weight 25.33+/-1.52 kg and 2.17+/-0.33% chilling loss. The carcass yield amounted to 48.71+/-0.78%. The empty digestive tract, skirt, udder and head contributed to over 75% of the total offals. In the left half of the carcass long leg accounted for 32%, shoulder 19%, ribs 23%, neck 9% and flank 17%. The carcass contained 61.79% muscle, 16.87% fat and 21.34% bone. Efforts have been made to predict certain parameters based on net live weight (live weight-digestive tract contents).