The effect of sex on the meat quality charachteristics of large white pigs

Autor:	N O Aladi, N J Okeudo
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	media_common.quotation_subject Animal production food and beverages Large white Sex related General Medicine Biology Breed Tenderness Pig Large White meat quality sex flavor Animal science medicine Quality (business) medicine.symptom Quality characteristics Flavor media_common
Zdroj:	Animal Production Research Advances; Vol 2, No 4 (2006)
ISSN:	0794-4721
DOI:	10.4314/apra.v2i4.36355
Popis:	The total of 20 Large White (LW) pigs were used to study the effect of sex on the meat quality characteristics of the breed. All the animals were reared in similar conditions and slaughtered at 34 weeks of age. Reports indicate that males were heavier than female (34.5 kg versus 29.9 kg; p 0.05). Although, sex related differences in tenderness, juiciness and flavor were not significant (p>0.05, significant differences (p Keywords : Pig, Large White, meat quality, sex, flavor > Animal Production Research Advances Vol. 2 (4) 2006: pp. 258-261
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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