Carcass Yields and Physical-Chemical Meat Quality Characteristics of Namibian Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) as Influenced by Sex and Muscle

Hoffman, Louwrens C.; van Schalkwyk, Diana L.; Muller, Magdalena; Needham, Tersia; McMillin, Kenneth W.

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Carcass Yields and Physical-Chemical Meat Quality Characteristics of Namibian Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) as Influenced by Sex and Muscle

Louwrens C. Hoffman

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Diana L. van Schalkwyk

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Magdalena Muller

Tersia Needham

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Kenneth W. McMillin

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Department of Animal Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa

Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Digital Agricultural Building 8115, Office 110, Gatton 4343, Australia

Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa

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Department of Animal Science and Food Processing, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 961/129, 16500 Prague, Czech Republic

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Agricultural Center, School of Animal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4210, USA

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Academic Editors: Raffaella Branciari and David Ranucci

Foods 2021, 10(10), 2347; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102347

Received: 27 August 2021 / Revised: 29 September 2021 / Accepted: 30 September 2021 / Published: 1 October 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Game Meat and Game Meat Products: Safety, Quality and Consumer Perception)

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This study determined the carcass yields of red hartebeest from Namibia and compared the physical-chemical meat quality characteristics of six different muscles (biceps femoris, infraspinatus, longissimus thoracis et lumborum, semimembranosus, semitendinosus, and supraspinatus) for both males and females. Red hartebeest males were heavier (133.92 kg) than females (114.20 kg) but the average dressing percentage did not differ between the two sexes. Muscles from females had a lower mean shear force value of 3.59 kg/1.27 cm ø, compared to males (4.23 kg/1.27 cm ø). The most tender muscle was the infraspinatus of the female treatment group, while the semimembranosus of the male treatment group was the least tender muscle. Drip loss, cooking loss and L* (lightness) values were not affected by sex. The largest hue angle was observed in the semitendinosus muscle of the female treatment group (28.94°), and it was thus the lightest red muscle. The highest chroma values (17.3) were observed in the semimembranosus muscle. Muscle protein content averaged 20.5% over all treatment combinations, and the mean intra-muscular fat content for both male and female muscles was low (2.4%). The shoulder muscles, infraspinatus and supraspinatus, of the females had the highest fat content (2.7%). The results indicate that red hartebeest meat should be market according to specific muscles and that sex of the animals need not be considered during marketing. View Full-Text

Keywords: game meat; venison; tenderness; physical quality; healthy

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Hoffman, L.C.; van Schalkwyk, D.L.; Muller, M.; Needham, T.; McMillin, K.W. Carcass Yields and Physical-Chemical Meat Quality Characteristics of Namibian Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) as Influenced by Sex and Muscle. Foods 2021, 10, 2347. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102347

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Hoffman LC, van Schalkwyk DL, Muller M, Needham T, McMillin KW. Carcass Yields and Physical-Chemical Meat Quality Characteristics of Namibian Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) as Influenced by Sex and Muscle. Foods. 2021; 10(10):2347. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102347

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Hoffman, Louwrens C., Diana L. van Schalkwyk, Magdalena Muller, Tersia Needham, and Kenneth W. McMillin. 2021. "Carcass Yields and Physical-Chemical Meat Quality Characteristics of Namibian Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) as Influenced by Sex and Muscle" Foods 10, no. 10: 2347. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102347

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