title: The effects of gender, age and region on macro- and micronutrient contents and fatty acid profiles in the muscles of roe deer and wild boar in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany).
abstract: Samples of M. longissimus were collected from a total of 203 feral roe deer (n=118) and wild boar (n=85) in two regions of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). The muscle lipid saturated fatty acid proportions of roe deer and wild boar ranged between 33 and 49g/100g total fatty acids and 31 and 35g/100g total fatty acids, respectively. The total n-3 PUFA proportions in roe deer muscle varied between 8.0 and 14g/100g fatty acids, and in wild boar muscle between 2.6 and 6.0g/100g fatty acids. The major vitamin E homologue, α-tocopherol, was determined to be between 5.8 and 13.1mg/kg in roe deer muscles. Lower levels between 1.2 and 4.7mg/kg were measured in wild boar muscles. The iron and zinc concentrations in roe deer and wild boar muscle ranged from 26.3 to 33.9mg/kg and from 17.0 to 21.7mg/kg, and from 13.6 to 39.3mg/kg and 18.1 to 31.9mg/kg, respectively.
authors: Leibniz-Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Department of Muscle Biology and Growth, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee, Germany. dannenberger@fbn-dummerstorf.de
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Dannenberger
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Nuernberg
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Nuernberg
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Hagemann
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000378:metabolism*; D003670:Deer; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000032:analysis*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D019266:Iron, Dietary / Q000032:analysis; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis*; D018977:Micronutrients / Q000032:analysis*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013552:Swine; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism; D024502:alpha-Tocopherol / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D019266:Iron, Dietary; D018977:Micronutrients; D007501:Iron; D024502:alpha-Tocopherol; D015032:Zinc