Table 1.
Chemical composition (% of wet tissue) and energy value (kcal/100 g) of the tested organs (mean ± s.e.).
| Item | Moisture | Protein | Fat | Ash | Energy | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calves | Beef | Lamb | Calves | Beef | Lamb | Calves | Beef | Lamb | Calves | Beef | Lamb | Calves | Beef | Lamb | |
| Liver | 70.59 ± 0.06 |
70.00 ± 0.53 |
71.00 ± 0.47 |
19.36 ± 0.66 |
20.30 ± 0.28 |
20.40 ± 0.38 |
4.75 ± 0.23 |
3.60 ± 0.92 |
5.20 ± 0.68 |
1.35 ± 0.14 |
1.30 ± 0.19 |
1.40 ± 0.09 |
140 ± 1.47 |
136 ± 2.67 |
140 ± 1.33 |
| Heart | 77.00 ± 0.33 |
77.00 ± 0.33 |
76.00 ± 0.67 |
17.15 ± 0.26 |
17.25 ± 0.36 |
16.27 ± 0.62 |
3.95 ± 0.58 |
3.95 ± 0.58 |
5.68 ± 1.15 |
1.10 ± 0.07 |
1.00 ± 0.17 |
1.10 ± 0.08 |
110 b ± 4.00 |
112 ± 2.00 |
120 a ± 6.00 |
| Kidney | 79.00 ± 7.88 |
77.00 ± 9.17 |
79.00 ± 7.17 |
15.70 B ± 0.53 |
17.50 A ± 1.27 |
15.50 C ± 0.73 |
3.12 ± 0.10 |
3.10 ± 0.08 |
2.85 ± 0.17 |
1.10 ± 0.22 |
1.20 ± 0.12 |
1.30 ± 0.02 |
98 B ± 28.67 |
13 A ± 56.33 |
97 C ± 27.67 |
| Tongue | 74.50 ± 2.17 |
77.00 A ± 9.17 |
66.50 B ± 5.83 |
17.15 ± 0.07 |
19.00 A ± 0.78 |
15.50 B ± 1.27 |
5.45C ± 4.00 |
5.75 B ± 3.70 |
17.15 A ± 7.70 |
1.00 ± 0.03 |
1.19 ± 0.16 |
0.90 ± 0.13 |
130 C ± 61.33 |
224 A ± 32.67 |
220 B ±28.67 |
| Brain | 80.00 ± 1.4 |
76.29 ± 2.31 |
79.50 ± 0.90 |
10.15 ± 1.40 |
10.86 ± 0.69 |
10.50 ± 1.05 |
8.15 ± 0.86 |
10.30 ± 1.29 |
8.58 ± 0.43 |
1.30 ± 0.02 |
1.10 ± 0.22 |
1.20 ± 0.12 |
115 ± 11.00 |
143 ± 17.00 |
120 ± 6.00 |
| Musculus semitendinosus | 67.67 ± 1.00 |
66.00 ± 0.67 |
66.35 ± 0.32 |
17.47 c ± 1.34 |
20.71 a ± 1.90 |
18.25 b ± 0.56 |
14.75 ± 0.74 |
12.14 B ± 1.87 |
15.15 A ± 1.14 |
0.90 ± 0.09 |
1.10 ± 0.11 |
0.70 ± 0.29 |
207 ± 0.50 |
198 ± 8.67 |
215 ± 8.33 |
The mean values in the rows marked with different letters differed significantly. a,b,c p ≤ 0.05; A,B,C p ≤ 0.01.