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Slaughter weight rather than sex affects carcass cuts and tissue composition of Bisaro pigs
| dc.contributor.author | Álvarez-Rodríguez, Javier | |
| dc.contributor.author | Teixeira, Alfredo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-19T10:00:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-06T14:10:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-19T10:00:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-01-06T14:10:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Carcass cuts and tissue composition were assessed in Bisaro pigs (n=64) from two sexes (31 gilts and 33 entire males) reared until three target slaughter body-weights (BW) means: 17 kg, 32 kg, and 79 kg. Dressing percentage and backfat thickness increased whereas carcass shrinkage decreased with increasing BW. Slaughter weight affected most of the carcass cut proportions, except shoulder and thoracic regions. Bone proportion decreased linearly with increasing slaughter BW, while intermuscular and subcutaneous adipose tissue depots increased concomitantly. Slaughter weight increased the subcutaneous adipose tissue proportion but this impaired intramuscular and intermuscular adipose tissues in the loin primal. The sex of the pigs minimally affected the carcass composition, as only the belly weight and the subcutaneous adipose tissue proportions were greater in gilts than in entire males. Light pigs regardless of sex are recommended to balance the trade-offs between carcass cuts and their non-edible compositional outcomes. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Work included in the Portuguese PRODER research Project BISOPORC – Pork extensive production of Bísara breed, in two alternative systems: fattening on concentrate vs chesnut, Project PRODER SI I&DT Medida 4.1 “Cooperação para a Inovação”. The authors are grateful to Laboratory of Carcass and Meat Quality of Agriculture School of Polytechnic Institute of Bragança ‘Cantinho do Alfredo’. The authors are members of the MARCARNE network, funded by CYTED (ref. 116RT0503). | |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | en_EN |
| dc.identifier.citation | Álvarez-Rodríguez, Javier; Teixeira, Alfredo (2019). Slaughter weight rather than sex affects carcass cuts and tissue composition of Bisaro pigs. Meat Science. ISSN 0309-1740. 154, p. 54-60 | en_EN |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.04.012 | en_EN |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0309-1740 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10198/20273 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Allometric growth | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Bisaro pig | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Dissection | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Fat | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Lean | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Meat | en_EN |
| dc.title | Slaughter weight rather than sex affects carcass cuts and tissue composition of Bisaro pigs | en_EN |
| dc.type | journal article | |
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| person.familyName | Teixeira | |
| person.givenName | Alfredo | |
| person.identifier | 958487 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 2A1A-FF0C-185B | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-4607-4796 | |
| person.identifier.rid | G-4118-2011 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 56195849200 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | en_EN |
| rcaap.type | article | en_EN |
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