Bs. Mehta et al., Feedlot and carcass studies on Sirohi, Marwari and Kutchi kids with economics of production under intensive system of management, I J ANIM SC, 70(3), 2000, pp. 294-297
Data pertaining to 63 male kids belonging to Sirohi, Marwari and Kutchi goa
t breeds under feedlot experiment (for a period of 3-12 months of age), pla
nned in intensive system of management during 1992-93 with a ration consist
ing of concentrate and roughage in a ratio of 60: 40 revealed that initial
body weights (at 3 months of age) were 15.70+/-0.51 (Sirohi), 14.56+/-0.32
(Marwari) and 14.00+/-0.58 kg (Kutchi). The final live body weights (at 9 m
onths) at slaughter age were 37.33+/-1.17 (Sirohi), 34.81+/-0.47 (Marwari)
and 32.76+/-1.44 kg (Kutchi). The live body weights at 12 months of age for
rest of the kids were 45.15+/-1.02 (Sirohi), 41.25+/-0.72 (Marwari) and 40
.38+/-1.54 kg (Kutchi). The ranges for average daily gains during phase-1 (
3-6 months), 2 (6-9 months) and 3 (9-12 months) were 106 (Kutchi) to 134.09
g (Marwari), 90.45 (Marwari) to 115.9 g (Sirohi) and 65.83 (Kutchi) to 80.
7 g (Sirohi), respectively. Ranges for dry matter intake/kg live body weigh
t gain during phases-1, 2, 3 and 4 were 6.19 (Marwari) to 7.29 kg (Kutchi);
9.36 (Kutchi) to 10.64 kg (Marwari); 14.41 (Sirohi) to 16.83 kg (Marwari)
and 8.90 (Kutchi) to 9.52 kg (Marwari) respectively. Slaughter studies indi
cated that dressing percentages on the basis of pre-slaughter weights were
48.91 (Sirohi), 48.46 (Marwari) and 52.06% (Kutchi). Other carcass traits a
nd economics of meat production were also studied and reported in the text.