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Muscle Weight Distribution of The Malaysian Lesser Mousedeer (Tragulus javanicus)

M.K. Vidyadaran, S. Vellayan and R. Karuppiah

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 6, Issue 2, August 1983

Keywords: Carcass composition; Mousedeer; T. javanicus

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Four adult mousedeer were subjected to detailed anatomical dissection. Mean muscle weights and muscle percentages of 94 individual muscles are reported. The mean dressing percentage of 62.1% was greater than that reported for ox, buffalo and goat. The carcasses had a high proportion of muscles (83.83%), low proportion of bone (15.03%) and insignificant amount of fat. This was reflected by a large ratio of muscle-bone 5.6:1. Muscle weight distribution showed that the mousedeer had a higher proportion of total muscle than bulls for standard muscle groups (SMG) 1,2,3,4. Indices of the SMGs of mousedeers relative to cattle were as follows: 1(112), 2(149), 3(168), 4(122), 5(68), 6(61), 7(60), 8(78) and 9(62) Agility and locomotion indices were 105 and 98 respectively.

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

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PERT-0193-1983

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