Carcass yield and meat chemical composition of Tufted Guineafowl in the Sudan

Abstract

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.