Classifying kid carcasses according to their fatness and conformation scores guides producers toward higher quality and income-generating production methods and determines the ideal slaughter time. This study aimed to determine the effects of Colomer–Rocher fatness and conformation classes on carcass and meat quality characteristics in goat kids. A total of 102 male kid carcasses were used in the study. Carcasses were divided into fatness (1-, 1, 1+, 2-) and conformation (P-, P, P+; O-) classes according to the Colomer–Rocher classification, and these groups were accepted as the experimental group. Hierarchical clustering analysis divided the kid carcasses into 5 clusters using certain carcass characteristics. Differences between clusters in most of the carcass characteristics were significant. The difference between the cluster groups in terms of meat colour and sensory characteristics was also significant. Fatness and conformation classes significantly affected most characteristics except kidney knob and channel fat (KKCF) percentages and carcass joints percentages. The Colomer-Rocher conformation classification was found to be more discriminatory in terms of meat quality than the fatness classification.

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根据 Colomer – Rocher 胴体脂肪和体形等级划分的小山羊胴体特征和肉质


根据脂肪和体形评分对小山羊胴体进行分类，可以引导生产者采用更高质量和创收的生产方法，并确定理想的屠宰时间。本研究旨在确定 Colomer-Rocher 脂肪和构象等级对山羊羔胴体和肉质特征的影响。研究中总共使用了 102 头雄性孩子的尸体。根据Colomer-Rocher分类将胴体分为脂肪级（1-、1、1+、2-）和构型级（P-、P、P+；O-），并将这些组作为实验组。层次聚类分析利用特定的屠体特征将羔羊屠体分为 5 个簇。大多数胴体特征簇之间的差异显着。簇群之间的肉色和感官特性差异也显着。脂肪和构象类别显着影响除肾结和通道脂肪（KKCF）百分比和胴体关节百分比之外的大多数特征。人们发现 Colomer-Rocher 构象分类在肉质方面比脂肪分类更具歧视性。