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This study was supported by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain and the European Union Regional Development Funds (RTA2012-0023-C03) and the Government of Aragon (Grant Research Group Funds, Group A14_20R).

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Influence of the Use of Milk Replacers on Carcass Characteristics of Suckling Kids from Eight Spanish Goat Breeds

Publicated to:Animals. 11 (11): 3300- - 2021-11-01 11(11), DOI: 10.3390/ani11113300

Authors: Ripoll, Guillermo; Alcalde, Maria Jesus; Arguello, Anastasio; Cordoba, Maria Guia; Panea, Begona

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Ctr Invest & Tecnol Agroalimentaria Aragon, Ave Montanana 930, Zaragoza 50059, Spain - Author
Univ Extremadura, Escuela Ingn Agr, Inst Univ Invest Recursos Agr INURA, Nutr & Bromatol, Avda Adolfo Suarez S-N, Badajoz 06007, Spain - Author
Univ Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Dept Patol & Prod Anim & Ciencia & Tecnol Aliment, Las Palmas Gran Canaria 35416, Spain - Author
Univ Seville, Dept Ciencias Agroforestales, Seville 41013, Spain - Author
Univ Zaragoza, CITA, Inst Agroalimentario Aragon IA2, Zaragoza 50013, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Simple Summary: Goats are important species due to their contributions to the development of rural areas. Spain has one of the largest goat populations in Europe; however, literature on goat carcasses is very scarce and, therefore, it is crucial to study the specific productive potential of each breed. Previous studies by our team on other Spanish goat breeds have shown some interactions between breed and rearing systems and, consequently, further analysis is necessary. This paper aims to contribute to the general knowledge on the subject.Since goat milk has a higher value than kid meat in Europe, some farmers rear kids with milk replacers, although some studies have stated that kids raised on natural milk yield higher-quality carcasses. Our previous studies showed some interactions between breed and rearing system on carcass and meat quality. This study evaluated the influence of the use of milk replacers on several carcass characteristics of suckling kids from eight Spanish goat breeds (Florida, Cabra del Guadarrama, Majorera, Palmera, Payoya, Retinta, Tinerfena, and Verata). A total of 246 kids fed milk replacer (MR) or natural milk (NM) were evaluated. Carcass, head, viscera, and kidney fat weights, as well as several carcass measurements (round perimeter, forelimb width, carcass length, forelimb length, and carcass compactness index), were registered. Forelimbs were dissected to study tissue composition. For all studied variables, interactions were found between rearing system and breed. In general, the MR rearing system increased the head and visceral weights, as well as the length measurements and muscle percentages. Conversely, the NM rearing system increased carcass compactness and resulted in higher fat contents, independent of the deposit. The choice of one or another rearing system should be made according to the needs of the target market.

Keywords

breedrearing systemBreedDietLambsLive weightMeat qualityProfileRearing systemSexSlaughter weightSystemTissue compositionTraits

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Animals due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 16/145, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Veterinary Sciences.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-07:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 1
  • Europe PMC: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-07:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 19.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 19 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10532/5705

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Ripoll García, Guillermo) and Last Author (Panea Doblado, Begoña).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Ripoll García, Guillermo.