Meat quality and carcass characteristics of the vondo, Thryonomys swinderianus

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Meat quality and carcass characteristics of the vondo, Thryonomys swinderianus

Van Zyl, A.; Van der Merwe, M.; Blignaut, Anita Seugnet
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76014
Date: 1999

Abstract:

Animals, maintained from birth on a higher and lower fibre diet, were slaughtered when postnatal growth curves flattened off. Males tended to be larger 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 males. 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 carcass characteristics and meat quality significantly.

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