Effect of different roe deer muscles on fatty acid composition in intramuscular fat

Abstract

the aim of the work was to study the effect of different muscles on the fatty acid composition in the intramuscular fat of roe deer hunted in Lithuania. The samples were excised from the five muscles of different carcass sites: m. longissimus dorsi (ld), m. deltoideus (shoulder), m. tensor fascia e latae (hind quarter), m. cleidocipitalis (neck) and m. intercostales interni (brisket) of hunted animals. the data were subjected to the analysis of variance in general linear (GLM Multivariate) procedure in spss 17. the muscle location of roe deer males appeared to affect the fatty acid composition in the intramuscular fat. the total proportions of saturated (sfa), monounsaturated (mufa) and polyunsaturated (PUFA), including individual SFA, MUFA and PUFA acids were affected by the muscle. The highest levels of SFA and MUFA and the lowest levels of PUFA were found in the intramuscular fat of neck and brisket muscles and vice versa, the lowest levels of SFA and MUFA and the highest levels of PUFA were found in the intramuscular fat of LD and hind quarter muscles. The muscle type of roe deer appeared to affect the lipid quality indices. The lowest atherogenic and thrombogenic indexes, and the highest hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic ratio were in the intramuscular fat of ld and hind quarter muscles.

Fatty acid profile of meat (Longissimus lumborum) from female roe deer (Capreolus capreolusL.) and red deer (Cervus elaphusL.)

“…Razmaite et al [29] demonstrated that IMF extracted from various muscles (Deltoideus, Cleidocipitalis, Intercostales interni, Tensor fascia e latae) of roe deer hunter-harvested in summer (June -September) had different SFAs content. The Longissimus dorsi muscle had the lowest concentrations of C14:0, C18:0, C20:0 and total SFAs.…”

“…In a study by Purchas et al [26] , gender had no significant effect on the PUFAs content of meat in red deer, but meat from stags tended to have higher concentrations of PUFAs. Razmaite et al [29] analyzed the percentage of UFAs in the IMF of roe deer depending on muscle type and found that MUFAs concentrations were highest in the Intercostales interni muscle and lowest in the Longissimus dorsi muscle. The IMF extracted from the latter muscle had the highest content of PUFAs, whereas the lowest PUFAs levels were noted in the Cleidocipitalis muscle.…”

Effect of Sex and Age on Nutritional Content in Wild Axis Deer (Axis axis Erx.) Meat

“…This can be attributed to the increase in the human population and the need to find additional food sources in developing countries, but also to meet special consumer demands in developed countries. Game meat is considered a delicacy product, specific in taste and flavour and more nutritious than meat originating from domestic farm-ranged animal species [2,3].…”

The Evaluation of Sanitary and Veterinary Inspection Results of Deer in Poland in 2015–2018

“…Venison also has valuable taste and nutritional qualities (Hoffman and Wiklund 2006). It is characterized by low fat content, high protein content and a proper ratio of unsaturated to saturated fatty acids (Bekker et al 2011;Razmaite et al 2015). At the same time, it should be remembered that game, as a raw material included in human food, may cause threats to health and even life, resulting from the fact that many diseases of viral, bacterial or parasitic etiology are present in free-living animals (Atanassova et al 2008).…”