Abstract:
Many studies over the past three decades have been conducted on meat quality, but not many on meat from goats. In general, the quality of meat and therefore its chemical composition from an animal is influenced by breed, sex, age, castration, slaughter weight, muscle type, and feeding condition of the animal (Sanudo, 1997; Lawrie, 1991; Jeremiah et al. 1999). This study was designed to determine if chemical composition of goat meat was influenced by breed and castration.