Investigation of slaughter performance and meat quality of hybrid offspring between Dorper sheep and Small Tailed Han sheep
Zhang Yong
Shang Huaxin
Chen Xiaofeng
Zhu Yujing
Li Fangfang
Hou Wen
Su Yangui
Abstract：The aim of this research is to explore the influence of hybrid offspring between Dor-per sheep and Small Tailed Han sheep on the slaughtering performance and mutton flavor by the de-tecting the slaughter characteristics and chemical composition of muscle, in order to provide a theoretical basis for the breeding selection of sheep.The results showed that: ① For the slaugh-ter performance, D-H F1 and D-H F2 have inherited the advantages of Dorper sheep, greatly improv-ing the low rate of meat production of Small Tailed Han sheep. ② For the overview of meat quali-ty, D-H F1and D-H F2 have inherited the advantages from Dorper sheep with high production and high quality of meat. And flesh, tenderness, cooking loss, drip loss, calcium concentration are all bet-ter than Small Tailed Han sheep and Dorper sheep. The muscle tenderness, flesh color indicators of D-H F2 are better than Dorper sheep, Small Tailed Han sheep and D-H F1.
Keywords：Dorper sheepSmall Tailed Han sheepHybridSlaughter performanceMeat quality
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 5-9 )