Effect of sex and carcass weight on carcass and meat quality of “Cabrito Transmontano” PDO.

The objective of the study was to contribute to the characterization of the Serrana breed on the meat production aspects. The study was carried out in 60 (Cabrita Transmontano) milk-fed kid carcasses (31 males and 29 females) to evaluate the effects of sex and carcass weight (4, 6 and 8 kg) on some carcass conformation measurements; on longissimus dorsi muscle thickness and fat thickness measurements; on regional joint carcass composition and finally on meat pH and color. Furthermore a study on the relative growth of the carcass joints and its tissue composition, by means of logarithmic transformation of the Huxley equation (Log y = Log a + b Log x) was undertaken. Finally, prediction equations of the carcass composition were estimated by using both conformation and the longissimus dorsi measurements