Ziyang Li , Biao Zhou , Bo Zhou , Jiaqi Chen , Huan Liu , Xiang Chen , Yong Ruan
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Abstract
The Guizhou black goat is an excellent local goat breed in China, known for its resilience to coarse feed and adaptability to adverse conditions. However, due to hybridization, the production performance of the Guizhou black goat has declined. In this study, we slaughtered 60 Guizhou black goats to assess their slaughter performance and meat quality traits. We analyzed the effects of the ACADM gene on the variation in these traits, particularly focusing on its role in fat deposition and muscle development. Male goats had an overall better slaughter performance than female goats, with significant differences in pre-slaughter live weight, carcass weight, net meat weight, slaughtering percentage, and the thickness of back fat (P < 0.01). As for the meat quality traits, there were extremely significant differences in shear force (P < 0.01), and significant differences in meat color (a* and b* values) and pH value (P < 0.05) between male and female goats. The ACADM g.30914 G>A polymorphism was significantly associated with intramuscular fat content (P < 0.05). The observed association between polymorphisms in the ACADM gene of Guizhou black goats and intramuscular fat content suggests that this gene is a candidate molecular marker for selective breeding.
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Small Ruminant Research publishes original, basic and applied research articles, technical notes, and review articles on research relating to goats, sheep, deer, the New World camelids llama, alpaca, vicuna and guanaco, and the Old World camels.
Topics covered include nutrition, physiology, anatomy, genetics, microbiology, ethology, product technology, socio-economics, management, sustainability and environment, veterinary medicine and husbandry engineering.