BEEF PERFORMANCE OF THE NUMERICALLY ENDAN GERED BAVARIAN CATTLE BREEDS .1. FATTENING PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS QUALITY

97 bulls of the endangered Bavarian breeds Allgauer Braunvieh (origina l), Murnau-Werdenfelser and Pinzgauer were compared to Fleckvieh (Simm ental) in a fattening trial with corn silage and concentrate. The bull s were slaughtered at 500 days of age. In daily 69 g and Braunvieh 130 g behind. In killing out percentage Pinzgauer (57,3 %) were 1,2-1,8 % below the other breeds. Therefore in net rain they (688 g) were secon d after Fleckvieh (706 g). Murnau-Werdenfelser had the best slaughter conformation (3,61 EUROP) followed by Fleckvieh (3,35), Braunvieh and Pinzgauer. Carcass composition was estimated by regression equations w hich were derived from extensive dissection data. Pinzgauer were In fo urth position for meat, and in first for fat and bone percentage. Brau nvieh had the highest muscle content (71,5 %) and least fat (10,0 %), and Murnau-Werdenfelser least bone + tendons (17,7 %). The proportion of round-muscles was highest in Fleckvieh and Braunvieh carcasses whil e Murnau-Werdenfelser and Pinzgauer had the highest proportion of back -muscles (sirloin and fillet).