Jiménez Badillo, M.R.Rodrigues, SandraPereira, EtelvinaSañudo, CarlosTeixeira, Alfredo2011-06-022011-06-022008Jiménez-Badillo, M.R.; Rodrigues, Sandra; Pereira, Etelvina; Sañudo, C.; Teixeira, A. (2008). Effect of sex and carcass weight on carcass and meat quality of “Cabrito Transmontano” PDO. In 9th International Conference on Goats. Quératarohttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/4890The 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.engconference object