meat quality and muscles characteristics of feedlot and grazing swamp buffalo
the meat of swamp buffalo fed on an oil palm by-products (OPBP) diet showed lower W-B shear force value cooking loss than meat from pasture -fed animal.muscle ph of buffalo meat is around 5.6 to 5.9 the highest marbling score was found in muscles from the OPBP diet.this study indicated marbling that increased marbling improved the tenderness of buffalo meat the longissimus dorsi (LD) muscle colour of pasture-fed buffalo meat was slightly darker than of OPBP-fed meat