Effect of forage feeding on goat meat production: carcass characteristics and qualities of Creole kids reared either at pasture or indoors

摘要：

Creole meat goat and grazing are the main characteristics of goat farming in the Caribbean ( Alexandre et al., 1999).Grazing areas are gradually disappearing in such small territories.A forage‐fed diet, however, remains an important selling point to satisfy consumer expectations for goat meat.The objective of this study was to test the effect of forage feeding either at pasture or indoors on carcass characteristics and qualities of Creole kids.

关键词： tropical grass fattening carcass yield carcass cut chemical composition Creole goat

作者: L.Liméa B.Bocage O.Coppry M.Boval H.Archimède G.Alexandre

作者单位: INRA UR 143 Unité de Recherches Zootechniques,Duclos,97170 Guadeloupe.gisele

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）