NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF MUSCLES IN DEER AND BOAR

In trimmed muscle types of four game species the dry matter, crude pro tein, crude fat, ash, Ca, P, Mg, Na, K, Cu, Zn, Fe, and Mn contents we re determined. Samples of the m. semimembranosus and m. longissimus do rsi of each of 10 red deer, fallow deer, roe-deer and wild boars from the Southwestern region of Hungary in the end-winter period were analy zed, and mean values, related to dry matter, were compared. The game m uscle samples had much lower crude fat, more Ca, P and microelements, especially Cu and Fe, when compared with published data for the respec tive muscles of domestic animals.