Carcass yields and physiochemical meat quality characteristics of Namibian gemsbok (Oryx gazella) as influenced by muscle, gender and age.
Game meat
Proximate analyses
Quality
Venison
Journal
Meat science
ISSN: 1873-4138
Titre abrégé: Meat Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101160862
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
Historique:
received:
13
03
2020
revised:
21
05
2020
accepted:
04
06
2020
pubmed:
20
6
2020
medline:
10
4
2021
entrez:
20
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The carcass yields and physiochemical meat quality characteristics of six different muscles (biceps femoris, infraspinatus, longissimus thoracis et lumborum, semimembranosus, semitendinosus, supraspinatus) for different sex and age groups of gemsbok antelope were determined. No live weight nor dressing percentage differences were observed for the different sex groups. While muscles, age and sex had an influence on the physiochemical parameters investigated, these differences were minor. The CIE Lab colour values for all muscles, age and sexes were in line with those deemed acceptable for game meat, while mean crude protein (20.7%) and fat (1.6%) levels were typical of game species. Discriminant analysis revealed no differentiation among the muscle groups for the variables measured. Thus, at similar live weights, male and female (sub-adult) gemsbok can be considered of equivalent meat quality and marketed accordingly.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32554318
pii: S0309-1740(20)30244-8
doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2020.108208
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
108208Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest None.