CORRELAÇÃO DE MEDIDAS MORFOMÉTRICAS NA CARCAÇA COM ESCORE DE CONFORMAÇÃO DE CORDEIROS DESLANADOS

The aim of this study was evaluated the correlation between cold carcass weight, morphometric measures and loin eye area (AOL) with the conformation score. Were used information from 72 carcasses of lambs, 29 morphometric measurements were obtained based on carcass anatomical points, cold carcass weight, conformation and loin-eye area on the carcass. The descriptive statistics and Spearman's correlation coefficient (ρ) were obtained for each variable with the conformation score. There was no correlation (p> 0.05) of 13 measures of carcass morphometry with conformation score. The highest values of correlation coefficient (ρ) found, considered as moderate, were: cold carcass weight (0.65), loin eye area (0.56) and posterior measurements (0.40 to 0.69). Therefore, morphometric measures of posterior character have higher correlations, at which point the conformation can be better visualized and where the main primmal cuts are located.