Table 6.

Meat pH after 24 h chilling.

Breed	Age and Sex	Muscle Type	Ultimate pH	Source
Omani goats	One-year-old male	Longissimus dorsi	5.6–5.8	Kadim et al. [97]
Boer	Kids to adult	Longissimus	5.7–6.0	Werdi Pratiwi et al. [35]
Anglo-Nubian	Male kids	Longissimus thoracis et lumborum	5.7	Peña et al. [67]
Serbian white goat (domestic goat)	Four years	Longissimus dorsi	5.7	Ivanovic et al. [87]
Balkan goat (domestic goat)	Four years	Longissimus dorsi	5.7	Ivanovic et al. [87]
Indigenous Veld goats	9–12 m intact and castrated	Longissimus thoracis et lumborum	5.7	Van Wyk et al. [90]
Criollo Cordobes	Male kids	Longissimus thoracis et lumborum	5.7–5.8	Peña et al. [67]
Serrana, Bravia, and Serrana X Bravia crossbreeds	kids, male and females	Longissimus thoracis et lumborum	5.8	Santos et al. [14]
Alpine	4–8 m	Longissimus lumborum	5.8–5.9	Saccà et al. [98]
Indigenous Serrana Transmontana	Kids, male and female	Longissimus	5.85	Teixeira et al. [15]
East African Tanzania indigenous goats	1.5–2 years, male and female	Longissimus thoracis et lumborum	5.9	Shija et al. [88]
Sarda goats	Kids, male and female	Longissimus dorsi	5.9	Vacca et al. [89]
Saanen	Male kids (80 and 120 days)	Longissimus dorsi	5.9–6.1	Yalcintan et al. [99]
Guanzhong dairy breed	6–10 m	Longissimus thoracis	6.1	Ding et al. [86]