Meat quality and carcass characteristics of the vondo, Thryonomys swinderianus

Authors
van Zyl, A van der Merwe, M Blignaut, AS
Citation
A. Van Zyl et al., Meat quality and carcass characteristics of the vondo, Thryonomys swinderianus, S AFR J AN, 29(3), 1999, pp. 120-123
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE-SUID-AFRIKAANSE TYDSKRIF VIR VEEKUNDE
ISSN journal
03751589 → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
120 - 123
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-1589(199910)29:3<120:MQACCO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Animals, maintained from birth on a higher and lower fibre diet, were slaug htered when postnatal growth curves flattened off. Males tended to be large r than females. The meat of females tended to have higher lipid (9.2 g/100 g fresh mass) and energy (767 J/100 g fresh mass) contents than that of mal es. The cholesterol content of vondo meat was low (48.5-53.4 mg/100 g fresh mass) compared to values for beef and goat. The two diets did not affect c arcass characteristics and meat quality significantly.