QUALITATIVE INDICATORS OF MUSCLE TISSUE OF YOUNG SHEEP OF DIFFERENT SEX
The data on the study of the qualitative indicators of the muscle tissue of young sheep of the South Ural breed and the influence on these indicators of the sex, physiological state and age of animals presented. The chemical composition, protein quality indicator of muscle tissue has been studied. The increase in dry matter content from birth to one year of age in the muscle tissue of young animals in group I was 4.25%, in group II - 3.61% and in group III - 3.98%. At the same time, intergroup differences were also established for the main components of dry matter. The advantage in terms of the mass fraction of protein in muscle tissue was on the side of the sheep, and fat - from the age of 8 months on the side of the bright ones. The muscle tissue of young sheep was distinguished by a high biological value, as evidenced by the protein quality indicator, the level of which at the end of rearing at 12 months was in the range of 4.46-4.95