Abstract

Carcass and meat quality traits of four commercial pig crossbreeds in China

Author(s): Y.Z. Jiang L. Zhu G.Q. Tang M.Z. Li A.A. Jiang W.M. Cen S.H. Xing J.N. Chen A.X. Wen T. He Q. Wang G.X. Zhu M. Xie X.W. Li

We evaluated carcass and meat quality traits of two Chinese native crossbreeds Landrace x Meishan (LM) and Duroc x (Landrace x Meishan) (DLM) and two foreign crossbreeds Duroc x (Landrace x Yorkshire) (DLY) and PIC (an imported five-way crossbreed). One hundred and twenty weaned pigs (half castrated males and half females) were reared and slaughtered at a predestinated slaughter age. The general carcass and meat quality traits were measured and analyzed. The DLY and PIC crosses had significantly heavier live weights (93.39 and 96.33 kg, P 2, P 2, P 1 (5.82, P 2 (5.63, P

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