caa a22 4500 469127236 CHVBK 20180323133153.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02357232 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02357232 Effects of sexual condition and age on carcass characteristics and grading of Sussex cattle in Zimbabwe [Elektronische Daten] [S. Sibanda, Caroline Mazorodze] Summary: The effects of sexual condition and age at slaughter on carcass characteristics were investigated in Sussex cattle. At three months of age 93 male calves were allocated to three sexual treatments: entire, cryptorchid and castrate. The cattle were weaned at eights months, grazed on range and then placed into feedlots for 90 days prior to slaughter at 15, 18 or 21 months of age. Entire and cryptorchid cattle gained more (P<0·01) weight and had heavier and leaner carcasses than the castrates. Although cattle slaughtered at 15 months of age had better fleshing grades than those slaughtered at 18 or 21 months of age, no animal was down-graded for exhibiting marked secondary sexual characteristics. Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, 1992 Sibanda S. Grasslands Research Station, Private Bag 3701, Marondera, Zimbabwe aut Mazorodze Caroline Grasslands Research Station, Private Bag 3701, Marondera, Zimbabwe aut Tropical Animal Health and Production Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/1(1992-03-01), 29-35 0049-4747 24:1<29 1992 24 11250 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02357232 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02357232 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sibanda S. Grasslands Research Station, Private Bag 3701, Marondera, Zimbabwe aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mazorodze Caroline Grasslands Research Station, Private Bag 3701, Marondera, Zimbabwe aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Tropical Animal Health and Production Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/1(1992-03-01), 29-35 0049-4747 24:1<29 1992 24 11250 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer