Evaluation of Proximate Composition of Beef of Arsi Cattle in Adama Town, Oromia, Ethiopia

The study was conducted in Adama and Bishoftu towns, on carcass samples of Arsi breed cattle with objective of evaluating proximate qualities with standard procedures. Beef sample was aseptically collected from longissimus dorsi chuck proximate composition analysis. Breed type was determined by phenotypic traits and age was determined with dentition. The production system being practiced by the animals selling and buying farmers were subsistence production systems. There was no variation in proximate qualities due to age and production system effect and their interactions (P > 0.05). The protein and fat content of longissimus dorsi chuck of Arsi cattle were 22.10 and 6.86, respectively