Meat Quality Indicators and their Correlation in Two Crosses of Pigs
Goran KUŠEC, Gordana KRALIK, Antun PETRIČEVIĆ, Hrvoje GUTZMIRTL, Dražen GRGURIĆ
Pages: 115-119
Summary
The study was performed on 53 carcasses of three way crossed castrated pigs divided into two groups regarding the breed of the terminal sire (1st group; Pietrain, n=25 and 2nd group; Large White, n=28). After the slaughter at approximately 100 kg, following measurements were taken from MLD samples: pH45, pH24, water holding capacity (w.h.c.), consistency and Minolta L*a*b* values. Significant differences between the groups were found for pH45 (p
Keywords
breed; correlation; pork quality
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