Analysis of Carcass Characteristics by Gender and Carcass Grades of Jeju Native Pigs

Autor: Young Bong Kim, Gye Woong Kim, Keun Hong Min, Seok Eun Kim, Jong-Wan Lee, Kon Joong Kim, Jae Young Yoo
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Journal of Animal Science and Technology. 52:313-318
ISSN: 1598-9429
DOI: 10.5187/jast.2010.52.4.313
Popis: The Jeju native pigs of 168 heads (116 barrows and 52 gilts) were examined to investigate the carcass characteristics related to gender, meat quality grades and yield grades. The averages of carcass characteristics for Jeju native pigs were 72.94 kg for carcass weight, 20.98 mm for backfat thickness, 38.14 for Hunter L*, 4.68 for a*, 6.04 for b*, 5.61 for pH, 3.61 for visual plate meat color, 3.36 for marbling scores, 1.83 for meat quality grades and 2.08 for yield grades, respectively. The carcass weight of gilts was significantly higher than that of barrows (p
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