caa a22 4500 386321124 CHVBK 20180307111627.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198804 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0003356100042288 doi S0003356100042288 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0003356100042288 Growth and carcass characteristics of desert goat kids and their temperate cross [Elektronische Daten] Crossbreeding of desert goat does with the temperate Saanen x Toggenburg buck was found to result in a significant increase in the daily live-weight gain and the empty body weight of their progeny slaughtered at about 30 kg live weight when compared with purebred desert goat kids (P < 0·001). Food intake did not differ between the two types of kids, but live-weight food conversion efficiency was significantly superior in crossbred kids (P < 0·05). Carcass weight and killing-out proportion tended to be greater in the crossbred kids reflecting lower weights of head, skin, internal organs and gut fill. Breed types did not differ in the weights of individual wholesale cuts. Carcass dissection revealed significantly higher muscle proportion (P < 0·05), significantly lower fat proportion (P < 0·01) and higher muscle: bone ratio in the crossbred kids. Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1988 Bello A. Department of Animal Husbandry, Institute of Animal Production, University of Khartoum, Khartoum North, PO Box 32, Sudan Babiker S. A. Department of Animal Husbandry, Institute of Animal Production, University of Khartoum, Khartoum North, PO Box 32, Sudan Animal Production Cambridge University Press 46/2(1988-04), 231-235 0003-3561 46:2<231 1988 46 ASC https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100042288 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100042288 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bello A. Department of Animal Husbandry, Institute of Animal Production, University of Khartoum, Khartoum North, PO Box 32, Sudan NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Babiker S. A. Department of Animal Husbandry, Institute of Animal Production, University of Khartoum, Khartoum North, PO Box 32, Sudan NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Animal Production Cambridge University Press 46/2(1988-04), 231-235 0003-3561 46:2<231 1988 46 ASC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge