Tellicherry goat

A field investigation was made in an organized goat farm near thanjavur city with the history of sudden mortality due to respiratory distress. About 300 tellicherry adult goats are maintained in that farm. Bilateral serous to mucopurulent nasal discharge, lymphadenopathy and respiratory stridor were observed in few animals. Samples such as nasal swab, trans tracheal lavage, blood samples, fecal samples and lymph node aspiration smear were collected from affected animals aseptically for microbiological and parasitiological examination.

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To study the effect of different weaning systems on carcass traits of Tellicherry goats 42 Tellicherry kids were allocated to three treatment groups viz. Group 1- Late weaning (at three month); Group 2- Mid weaning (at two month) and Group 3- Early weaning (at one month). Different weaning system had non-significant (p>0.05) effect on pre-slaughter weight, empty live body weight, carcass weight, dressing percentage and carcass length.

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Meat is a highly perishable food which is easily susceptible to microbial contamination. There are various factors which affect the freshness of the meat the most important factors are storage temperature, time of exposure of meat to extrinsic factors and handling of carcass during and after slaughter. Hence a study was conducted to compare the microbial load in chevon carcass hanged at room temperature for 6 hours and at chiller temperature for 30 hours. Twenty four numbers of 6 months old tellicherry young male goats were selected and they were slaughtered by the standard procedure.

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The properties of fresh goat meat in relation with post-mortem handling conditions were evaluated. There are various factors which affect the freshness of the meat the most important factors are storage temperature, time of exposure of meat to extrinsic factors and handling of carcass during and after slaughter. Hence a study was conducted to compare the physico chemical characteristics of chevon carcass hanged at room temperature for 6 hours and at chiller temperature for 30 hours.

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