An effect on basic meat quality attributes of a balanced feed mixture with a 10 % share of flaxseed applied in goat kid feeding

Abstract. The objective of the study was to analyse the slaughter value and physico-chemical properties of goat kids slaughtered at 150 days of age. After weaning, at 60 days of age a balanced feed mixture with a 10 % share of flaxseed was applied in feeding.

There was found a significant (P≤0.05) increase in slaughter performance (45.80 %) and primal cuts (leg, saddle joint) obtained in the experimental group. There was also found significantly (P≤0.05) less (by 1 %) fat in the carcass of the aforementioned group. In contrast, a percentage share of meat in the leg (70.60 %) and the carcass (60.71 %) was statistically insignificant although it was slightly higher in the experimental group.

The meat of male kids fed flaxseed was darker, (L* 42.60) at P≤0.01, and contained more (P≤0.01) dry matter (24.32 %) and protein (20.97 %) but less (P≤0.05) fat (1.92 %). The sensory assessment revealed similar cooking usefulness of goat kid meat and no statistically significant differences between the groups studied.