Abstract
ABSTRACT The study was intended to assess the impacts of draught work on beef quality attributes; pH, colour, water holding capacity, and tenderness of Supraspinatus (SS), Latissimus dorsi (LD), Longissimus dorsi (LDM), and Semitendinosus (ST) muscles in Hararghe highland bulls fed on a daily net energy requirement basis. Twelve bulls were sorted into three groups of four animals and assigned to three treatment hours: control (0), 4, or 6, using a complete randomised design (CRD). The data was analysed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results of the study revealed a significant interaction effect of work hours and daily dry matter intake on the LD, lightness (L*) and LDM, chroma. Draught work hours did not affect meat quality attributes independently except for increased ST muscle L* in six-hour working bulls. Overall, the duration of the draught work hours the bull underwent was insufficient to generate marked impacts on the meat quality.
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