TY - CHAP AU - Argüello A. AU - Ginés R. AU - López J.L. AU - Capote J. PY - 2001/// TI - Effects of the rearing system on meat quality in young kids T2 - Production systems and product quality in sheep and goats PB - Zaragoza : CIHEAM VL - 46 T3 - Options Méditerranéennes : Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens SP - 41-44 A2 - Morand-Fehr P. A2 - Rubino R. AB - Thirty twin male kids were allotted to two rearing systems based on feeding regimes: 15 kids nursed by their dams (ND), or 15 kids fed a commercial milk replacer and controlled intake (CR). They were slaughtered at a 10 kg live weight. After slaughter, pH was measured on the Longissimus dorsii (LD), Semimembranosus (SM) and Triceps brachii (TB). Carcasses were chilled for 24 h, and pH, Warner-Brazler shear force (WBSF), colour and water holding capacity (WHC) were determined in the LD, SM and TB muscles. Compared with the ND-raised kids, the TB muscle from CR-raised kids had higher L and lower WHC and pH 24-h postmortem. TB muscle had a higher final pH, greater firmness, and a lower WHC than the LD and SM muscles. In this experiment, raising goat kids on a commercial milk replacer, rather than suckling from their dams, had minimal effects on their meat quality. N1 - Meeting of the Sub-Network on Production Systems of the FAO-CIHEAM Inter-Regional Cooperative Research and Development Network on Sheep and Goats, 1999/09/23-25, Molina de Segura-Murcia (Spain) UR - http://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/a46/01600110.pdf ER -