ABSTRACT The objectives of this study were to genotype single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) AF159246:g.2959A>G (CAST/DdeI) and AF248054.2:g.6545C>T (CAPN4751) in beef cattle by PCR-RFLP (Polymerase Chain Reaction – Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism), using the restriction enzyme DdeI for both SNP, and describe the use of these genotyping methodologies for the first time. For the SNP located in the CAST gene, new primers were designed, and for the SNP of the CAPN1 gene, the same primers previously described in the literature were […]

The objective of this experimental study was to evaluate the effects of different dietary energy sources on the carcass and meat traits of feedlot Nellore bulls. A total of 48 Nellore bulls at 32 months of age with 354.35±19.56 kg body weight were studied for 85 days. The bulls were allotted to four groups of 12 individuals: Whole corn grain – diet based on whole corn grain; Ground corn – diet based on ground corn grain; Citrus pulp – diet […]

The present study was conducted to assess carcass features, physicochemical and sensory parameters of meat from steers finished on three types of pastures: natural pasture; natural pasture improved, fertilized and oversown with winter species; and annual summer grassland. The experiment was conducted from December 14, 2009 to November 30, 2010, with treatments distributed in a completely randomized design with a different number of replicates. Animals were used as experimental units. Experimental animals were Aberdeen Angus steers with twenty months of […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate carcass traits and meat quality of Tabapuã and Bonsmara purebred steers, and crossbred ½ Bonsmara + ½ Nellore and ½ Bonsmara + ¼ Red Angus + ¼ Nellore steers. Five animals were used in each genetic group. The average age and weight at the beginning of the experiment were 22 months and 394±21 kg. All animals received the same diet, which was composed of sugar cane silage and a commercial ration, in […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate performance, carcass traits and meat quality of Santa Inês lambs, finished in feedlot, fed diets containing 60% concentrate and enriched with soybean grain or with protected fat. The concentrates were composed with soybean meal, corn, wheat meal, urea, mineral mixture, soybean grain or protected fat. Tifton-85 hay was used as roughage. It was used 24 lambs with approximately 19.30 ± 1.77 kg and at average age of five months. The animals were […]

In this work we aimed to evaluate the effect of sex and finishing systems on individual characteristics of carcass, instrumental and chemical meat measurements of Texel × Corriedalle lambs. Ninety animals were used; 45 non-castrated rams and 45 females. Lambs were kept on pasture with mother to weaning (70 days) and assigned to one of three production systems: pasture, pasture with mother, and on pasture receiving a soy peel supplement at 1% of live weight basis. After slaughtering, carcasses were […]

The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of genotype and the energy concentration in the diet on the sensorial and chemical quality of lamb meat. It was evaluated samples from 18 Morada Nova animals, 18 Santa Inez animals, and 18 Santa Inez x Dorper crossbred animals, totalizing 54 animals. The animals were kept with two diets, with energy concentrations of 10.46 and 12.56 MJ ME/kg, respectively, and slaughtered at 30 kg average weight. It was determined contents […]

This work was carried out to evaluate the characteristics of meat quality, centesimal composition and lipid compounds (cholesterol and fatty acids) of longissimus thoracis muscle in Angus (n=30) and Nelore (n=30) bulls, at 36 months of age and 250 kg of carcass weight, finished in pasture. The results for pH, lightness, redness, cooking loss were similar among genetic groups. However, samples of Angus showed higher yellowness (4.87 and 4.04) and lower Warner-Bratzler shear force (7.86 and 9.13 kg) than samples […]

It was evaluated in this work the sensorial characteristics of the meat of non-castrate or castrated males feedlot finished and slaughtered at 16 (young steers) or 26 (steers) months old. The diet with 50 roughage: 50concentrate contained 11.8% of crude protein and 2.83 Mcal of digestible energy/kg of dry matter. The highest amplitude of the final pH of the meat was noted on the steers, and the lowest on the young steers. The meat of the non-castrate males, regardless to […]

The carcass and meat characteristics were assessed of Devon steers finished in feedlot (CONF), temperate pasture ( ryegrass pasture – Lolium multiflorum Lam -PTEM), or tropical pasture (association of millet pasture – Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke and Alexander grass – Brachiaria plantaginea –PTRO). At the beginning of finishing the average weight of the steers was 320 kg and the age was 15 months. The animals in feedlot were fed feeds with 60:40 roughage:concentrate and slaughtered with similar weights of 388.3; […]