Meat quality and carcass characteristics of the vondo, Thryonomys swinderianus
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Van Zyl, A.
Van der Merwe, M.
Blignaut, Anita Seugnet
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South African Society for Animal Science
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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Carcass characteristics, Meat quality, Greater cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus)
Sustainable Development Goals
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Van Zyl, A., Van der Merwe, M. & Blignaut, A.S. 1999, 'Meat quality and carcass characteristics of the vondo, Thryonomys swinderianus', South African Journal of Animal Science, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 120-123.