Original research article
Meat Quality Indicators and their Correlation in Two Crosses of Pigs
2003, 68 (2) p. 115-119
Goran Kušec, Gordana Kralik, Antun Petričević, Hrvoje Gutzmirtl, Dražen Grgurić
Abstract
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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