Effects of Increasing Slaughter Weight on Production Efficiency and Carcass Quality of Finishing Gilts and Barrows

Authors :: Jin Yeun Jeong
Seon Tea Joo
Byung-Chul Park
Chul Young Lee
Duck Min Ha
Man Jong Park
Source :: Korean Journal for Food Science of Animal Resources. 30:206-215
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resources, 2010.
Abstract: A total of 582 gilts and barrows were analyzed to investigate the regressive relationships to slaughter weight (SW) of vari-ables related to production efficiency and pork quality. Average initial weights and SW were 88.6 and 122.5 kg, respectively,for gilts and 88.7 and 121.4 kg, respectively, for barrows. Average daily gain and gain:feed ratio were not affected by SW.Backfat thickness, which was significantly greater (p

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Marbled meat
Production efficiency
Biology
Loin
Slaughter weight
Finishing pig
Surgery
Carcass weight
Animal science
medicine
Animal Science and Zoology
Food science
Food Science

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