Abstract: For analyzing the meat performance and beef main nutritional nutrient mensuration, three buffalo from three local breeds buffalo (Poyang lake buffalo, Xiajiang buffalo and Xinfeng mountain buffalo) in Jiangxi province between 18 to 24 months age had been selected separately. The results showed: the buffalo muscle carnatio to comply with a standard, without PSE meat, DFD meat, and produced in line with standards of fine quality beef cattle; tested the carcass weight, bright flesh weight, carcass meat ratio, Fe content and Zn content, Poyang lake buffalo was significantly higher than the Xinfeng mountain buffalo (P<0.05); 18 kinds of amino acids in Poyang lake buffalo meat, (except Tyr)were highest, in which Asp, Glu, Ser, Pro, Ala, Leu and Cys were significantly higher than the Xinfeng mountain buffalo (P<0.05), fresh sweet flavor amino acid, sweet flavor amino acids was significantly higher than the Xinfeng mountain buffalo (P<0.05). The arachidic acid content in beef fatty acid, was significantly different (P<0.05) among the varieties breeds, the other fatty acids, total hard fatty acid contents and total content of unsaturated fat were not significantly different among varieties (P>0.05).

Key words: meat performance; meat quality; local buffalo