Chemical composition of meat (m. adductor) and fatty acids IN intramuscular fat of goat kid and ram lambs

Abstract

In the experiment, goat kids of White Improved breed and ram lambs of the Polish Lowland breed fattened up to 150 days were studied. Results of the study show that lambs were significantly heavier (36.64 kg) and had a higher weight of warm carcass (16.67 kg). Muscles of goat kids were characterized by 3.55 p.u. (percentage units) of palmitic acid (C16:0) and 4,33 p.u. of stearinic acid (C18:0). This difference is statistically significant. Among the mono-unsaturated acids predominated was oleic acid (C18:1) – 54.1 % in goat kid tissue and 47.5 % in ram lambs tissue. In the experiment, favorable proportion of UFA/SFA characterized the goat kids meat (1.69 in comparison with 1.22 in ram lambs). Differences in individual fatty acids contents between studied animals were statistically significant.