Mohamed, A.S. (1) Musharaf, N.A. (2) Ahmed, F.A. (3)
Elzubeir, E.A. (2) and Nimir, M.B. (4)
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
University of Gezira P.O. Box 20, Wad Medani, Sudan.
SUMMARY
Carcass characteristics and meat chemical composition were determined for 38 tufted guineafowl Numida — meleagris meleagris (22 males and 16 females). The mean live weight for the whole batch was 900.41±124.7 (g) and the dressing percentage 74.18% (N= 38). There was significant correlation between the dressed carcass weight and the individual weights of the carcass components e.g. dressed carcass weight and breast (r = 0.79 at p c 0.05, N = 38). The crude protein of tufted guineafowl meat averaged 29.13±1.31% for ten randomly selected birds. The means fbr ether extract, dry matter, ash content of the carcass for N.M. meleagris were 13.64±2.23%, 31.25±3.95%, and 5.15±1.31% (same above 10 birds) respectively.
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