Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(1), 29-37 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563010029

Comparison of the Carcass and Beef Quality of the Czech Fleckvieh Bulls with Genotype TT and CT for Leptin and Bulls of Galloway and Charolais Breeds

Radek Filipčík1, Jarmila Voříšková2, Aleš Dufek3, Aleš Pavlík4, Martin Hošek1
1 Department of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Department of Animal Husbandry Science, Faculty of Agriculture University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Studentská 13, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
3 Research Institute for Cattle Breeding, Výzkumníků 267, 788 13 Rapotín, Czech Republic
4 Department of Animal Morphology, Physiology and Genetics, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The objective of the present study was to compare the quality of the carcass and beef of bulls genotyped for leptin (TT and CT) of the Czech Fleckvieh cattle with Galloway and Charolais bulls. Analysed were 232 bulls. The quality of the carcass body was significantly (p < 0.05) the highest in Charolais bulls (78.1% beef, 1.66% fat) as compared with bulls of the Czech Fleckvieh cattle (77.06% beef, 2.52% fat). The percentage of bones in the weight of the carcass body was the same in all breeds (20.49%; 20.28%; 20.24%, respectively). Indicators of the nutritional quality apart from the energetic value of meat of the Galloway and Charolais breeds were not significantly (p > 0.05) affected by the breed. In terms of fatty acids significant (p < 0.01) differences were discovered in the intramuscular fat of the MLT between the Czech Fleckvieh cattle and both beef breeds in the levels of C16:0; C20:0; C14:1; C16:1; C20:1; C20:2 and rate of the C14index. A significant (p < 0.05) difference in the level of oleic acid was detected between the meat of the Czech Fleckvieh cattle (37.77 g.100g -1) and Charolais (41.23 g.100g-1). From the viewpoint of human health the most favourable rates of fatty acids (C14index = 22.07; C16index = 13.63; C18index = 64.19; AI = 0.67) were seen in the meat of the Czech Fleckvieh cattle. The smallest diameter of muscle fibres (35.61 µm) was detected in the Czech Fleckvieh cattle as compared to the Galloway (37.60 µm) and Charolais (38.01 µm) breeds.

Keywords: bulls, leptin, carcass trait, beef quality, fatty acids
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This study was supported by the project No. QI91A055 financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic.

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Filipčík, R., Voříšková, J., Dufek, A., Pavlík, A., & Hošek, M. (2015). Comparison of the Carcass and Beef Quality of the Czech Fleckvieh Bulls with Genotype TT and CT for Leptin and Bulls of Galloway and Charolais Breeds. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 63(1), 29-37. doi: 10.11118/actaun201563010029
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