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Samples were evaluated regarding pH, water activity and indicators of food microbial quality and safety. A trained panel carried out the sensory analysis, with aroma, texture, appearance and taste being the evaluated parameters. Significant differences were detected between the amount of aerobic mesophiles of the products cured during 7 months and the sheep legs cured during 8 months. Moulds and yeasts were between 1.81 \u00d7 106 \u00b1 1.73 \u00d7 106 and 3.97 \u00d7 106 \u00b1 5.45 \u00d7 106 colony-forming units\/g, whereas total coliforms varied from 2.80 \u00d7 102 \u00b1 4.13 \u00d7 102 to 1.31 \u00d7 104 \u00b1 2.39 \u00d7 104. All samples were negative for toxigenic species. Concerning sensory analysis, hardness and taste persistence were the attributes that presented the highest and the lowest discriminative power, respectively. In general, the panel was able to characterise and distinguish the samples. The cured legs of goats were characterised as harder and as less succulent than those obtained from sheep. Sheep meat with larger time of cure was the brightest, whereas the one with a smaller time of cure was the most succulent. However, goat meat presented higher values of rancid and acid flavour. Sheep meat submitted to longer processing presented the most intense flavour and sheep meat with an inferior cure period presented the lowest intensity in all flavour attributes. 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