The proximate composition of the L. lumborum muscle was not influenced
(P N 0.05) by the replacement of soybean meal with peanut cake
in terms of moisture and ash contents (Table 3). The ash content, the
moisture and the protein values obtained were similar to those found
in the literature for sheep meat (Prata, 1999; Geay et al., 2001; Zapata,
Nogueira, & Sabra, 2001) and varied by only 0.79% to 1.68% of the
70.80 to 80.25 and 18.50% to 23.39%, respectively, which were values indicative
of good quality meat.