New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research abstracts
Carcass composition comparison of male and female red deer and hybrids with
Père David's deer
G. J. GOOSEN*
AgResearch
Invermay Agricultural Centre
Private Bag 50034
Mosgiel, New Zealand
P. F. FENNESSY
185 York Place
Dunedin, New Zealand
A. J. PEARSE
AgResearch
Invermay Agricultural Centre
Private Bag 50034
Mosgiel, New Zealand
*Present address: Roslin Institute, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9PS, UK.
email: Gideon.Goosen@bbsrc.ac.uk
Abstract The carcass composition of male and female red deer
and 1/4 Père David's deer hybrids were compared. Males had
significantly more total carcass muscle and total carcass bone (P <
0.01), but significantly less total carcass fat and intramuscular fat in the
longissimus dorsi (P < 0.01) than females when compared at the
regressed mean hot carcass weight of 72.9 kg (19-20 months of age). Genotype
differences were significant for muscle distribution with hybrids having
relatively more muscle in the hind leg primal cut compared with red deer.
Gender differences in muscle, bone, and fat tissue distribution were also
evident with males having relatively more fat and bone in the neck and shoulder
primal cuts. Père David's deer hybrids have significantly different
muscle tissue distribution than red deer, which may be indicative of a major
gene effect similar to double-muscling observed in cattle and callipyge in
sheep.
Keywords Père David's deer; red deer; gender;
genotype; carcass comparison; tissue partitioning
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 1999, Vol. 42: 483-491
0028-8233/99/4204-0483 $7.00/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand
1999
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