Meat quality and carcass characteristics of the vondo, Thryonomys swinderianus
| dc.contributor.author | Van Zyl, A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van der Merwe, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Blignaut, Anita Seugnet | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-01T06:40:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-01T06:40:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Economics | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Zoology and Entomology | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | hj2020 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.sasas.co.za/resources/sa-journal-animal-science | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | 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. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0375-1589 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2221-4062 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76014 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | South African Society for Animal Science | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Carcass characteristics | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Meat quality | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Greater cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Meat quality and carcass characteristics of the vondo, Thryonomys swinderianus | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |