PRODUKTIVITAS KARKAS SAPI BALI DI TIMOR BARAT NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR

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West Timor was known as one of Bali cattle producing area. Bali cattle was kept in extensive and semi-intensive  system. A research was conducted to study Carcass Productivity of Bali Cattle. The research was carried out  in Kupang-East Nusa Tenggara from March to May 2008. Sixty three Bali cattle comprising twenty eigth male and theerty five female were used in this study. The experiment used a Completely  Randomized Factorial  Design (2x3). To study carcass productivity, sex class (male and female) and slaughter  weight group (<190 kg, 191-220 kg, >220 kg) were used as the factors. The result of this study showed that no interaction effect between sex and slaughter weight on carcass productivity. Male cattle had higher carcass percentage and commercial cut weights than female cattle. Keywords: carcass, Bali cattle