1Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
2Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
3College of Veterinary Sciences, BZU, Bahadur subcampus, Layyah, Pakistan
4Department of Zoology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan
*Corresponding Author: Muhammad Usman Saleem, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan, Email: usmansaleem@bzu.edu.pk
Online published on 20 July, 2020.
The objectives of the current study were to study the effects of gender and body condition score (BCS) on meat quality in Kundi buffaloes. Samples of trapezius cervicalis, longissimus dorsi and semitendinosus muscles from forty Kundi buffaloes were selected for evaluating physical attributes of meat. Animals were divided into four equal groups on the basis of gender and BCS. It was found that in every group longissimus dorsi had the best quality characteristics among the selected skeletal muscles. Meat from male Kundi buffaloes and those with BCS > 4 was of superior quality than meat from female Kundi buffaloes and those with BCS of 1–4. Therefore gender and BCS can be used as a selection tool during animal selection regarding meat quality.
Muscle fiber number, Muscle fiber diameter, pH, Tenderness, Water holding capacity
