This study was carried out to investigate the effect of slaughter age on slaughter and carcass characteristics in indigenous water buffaloes managed under extensive conditions in Turkey.
The slaughter and carcass characteristics, carcass measurements and the amounts of valuable meat in carcass of indigenous water buffaloes were determined by forming two groups of indigenous water buffaloes according to their slaughter ages.
The results of this study showed that the carcass weight and the percentage of carcass lean rised paraleli to the rise in the slaughter age; however, slaughter in the older ages affected the dressing percentage negatively.