A matter of body weight and sex type: Pig carcass chemical composition and pork quality
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Author
Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta
Mörlein, Daniel
Publication date
2022-12-16ISSN
0309-1740
Abstract
This study compares minced carcass chemical composition and meat quality of castrated (CM), immunocastrated (IM) and entire male (EM), and female (FE) pigs at 70, 100 and 120 kg target body weights (TBW) (n = 80; 20 per sex). Sex affected fat, protein, and moisture content of the minced carcasses. Carcass fatty acid (FA) composition was affected by sex, with higher saturated and monounsaturated FA content in CM than in FE, IM and EM, and higher polyunsaturated FA in CM than in EM, with FE and IM in between. Except for intramuscular fat, which was higher in CM than in FE and EM, no significant differences between sexes were found in meat quality. TBW affected carcass chemical composition and some meat quality traits. An interaction between sex and TBW was found with IM approaching EM or CM depending on TBW.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Accepted version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
663/664 - Food and nutrition. Enology. Oils. Fat
Pages
34
Publisher
Elsevier
Is part of
Meat Science
Citation
Zomeño, Cristina, Marina Gispert, Marjeta Čandek-Potokar, Daniel Mörlein, and Maria Font-i-Furnols. 2023. "A Matter Of Body Weight And Sex Type: Pig Carcass Chemical Composition And Pork Quality". Meat Science 197: 109077. doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.109077.
Grant agreement number
INIA/Programa Nacional de Proyectos de Investigación Fundamental/RTA2010-00014-00-00/ES/Evaluación 'in vivo' del crecimiento alométrico de los tejidos muscular y adiposo de los cerdos según la genética y el sexo mediante tomografía computerizada/
EC/H2020/801370/EU/Beatriu de Pinos-3 Postdoctoral Programme/BP3
Program
Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària
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