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. 2019 Dec 17;62(2):597–604. doi: 10.5194/aab-62-597-2019

Table 4.

Nutritional value of meat from female wild boars (Sus scrofa scrofa L.) of different carcass weights.

Parameter  
Group
Effect
  Muscle I II III IV V Muscle Group Muscle × group
    Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD      
Total protein LTL 21.42B±0.20 21.80A±0.20 21.81A±0.11 21.82A±0.10 21.84A±0.20      
content (%)
SM
21.11B±0.21
21.40A±0.20
21.53A±0.22
21.53A±0.21
21.60A±0.20
**
**
NS
Intramuscular fat LTL 1.46C±0.13 1.91B±0.13 2.01bB±0.15 2.12A±0.14 2.20aA±0.16      
(%)
SM
1.80cC±0.23
2.13cB±0.33
2.46b±0.27
2.69A±0.28
2.79aA±0.26
**
**
NS
Energy value LTL 136.00B±4.41 142.60A±5.40 143.3A±6.70 144.40A±7.60 144.43A±5.61      
(kcal 100 g-1)
SM
137.40B±5.40
142.70A±5.90
145.23A±6.80
147.50A±7.21
147.70A±5.40
NS
NS
NS
Water content (%) LTL 74.60A±0.20 74.31B±0.21 74.22B±0.20 74.30B±0.11 74.21B±0.10      
    74.20a±0.20 73.94b±0.30 73.93b±0.21 73.90b±0.22 73.91b±0.30 NS ** *

Means in the same row with different letters are significantly different: a,b P0.05; A,B P0.01. LTL: M. longissimus thoracis et lumborum; SM: M. semimembranosus. Group I – 30±5 kg; group II – 45±4.9 kg; group III – 60±4.7 kg; group IV – 75±5.2 kg; group V – 90±5.0 kg.