Author(s): Muharib A. Tahir, Samir S. Hanna, Safa K. Al-Amin and Isam T. Kadim
Article publication date: 1992-04-01
Vol. 10 No. 1 (yearly), pp. 133-138.
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Keywords
buffalo, chemical composition, carcass
Abstract
Four groups of 10 animals each of the domestic buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) were slaughtered at the ages of 9, 14, 21, and 26 months of age, respectively. The chemical composition of each of the longissimus dorsi and the semitendinosus muscles of these animals was determined and compared with various other carcass traits. Intramuscular fat has significantly increased when the animals were 21 months old. Carcass side had no significant effect on the chemical composition of the comparable muscles. The only significant differences in the chemical composition of the 2 muscles were in moisture and protein contents. The carcass weight has correlated significantly fat deposition and musculature of the carcass, but the correlations with the chemical composition were those of fat percent with caudal fat weight, kidney fat weight with moisture percent and those of protein percent with moisture percent.