Finishing diet,temperament and lairage time effects on carcass and meat quality traits in steers |
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Authors: | M del Campo G Brito J Soares de Lima P Hernández F Montossi |
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Affiliation: | 1. National Institute of Agricultural Research, INIA Tacuarembó, Ruta 5 Km 386, 45000, Uruguay;2. ICTA, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022, Spain |
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Abstract: | Sixty Hereford (H) and Braford (B: 3/8 Zebu and 5/8 H) steers were finished on: D1) rangeland plus corn grain (1% of live weight) (H n = 15, B n = 15); and D2) high quality pasture (H n = 15, B n = 15) to study the effect of diet, temperament and lairage time on carcass and meat quality. Steers were slaughtered the same day in two groups, spending 15 and 3 h in pens, respectively (50% from D1, 50% from D2 in each group). Animals from D1 had better carcass performance without effect of the diet on meat quality. Regardless of breed, calmer steers showed higher average daily gain and lower shear force values. Carcasses from animals in the long lairage group had a better rate of pH decline and more tender meat, suggesting that more than 3 h preslaughter time should be necessary to rest and recover, mainly depending on lairage conditions. |
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Keywords: | Diet Lairage time Temperament Tenderness Steers |
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