<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The objective of the study was to determine how different birth weights of piglets influence some chemical and physical characteristics of pig meat. Piglets were grouped according to birth weight: ≤1.30 kg (group I), 1.31-1.70 kg (group II), ≥1.71 kg (group III). Animals were reared and fattened under standardized housing and feeding conditions. Tests were conducted with 60 samples of meat (20 per group) collected from the right side of the carcasses (M. longissimus lumborum) of threebreed crosses of (Polish Landrace × Polish Large White) × Duroc (barrows to gilts, 1:1), which were slaughtered at about 180 days of age. Determinations were made of basic chemical composition, colour of meat, drip loss, shear force value, and fatty acid profile. It was found that the birth weight of the piglets affects meat colour (redness), crude fat content and the proportion of some fatty acids (C16:1, C20:1 n-9, C20:2 n-6, C20:5 n-3).</p></abstract>

The objective of the study was to determine how different birth weights of piglets influence some chemical and physical characteristics of pig meat. Piglets were grouped according to birth weight: ≤1.30 kg (group I), 1.31-1.70 kg (group II), ≥1.71 kg (group III). Animals were reared and fattened under standardized housing and feeding conditions. Tests were conducted with 60 samples of meat (20 per group) collected from the right side of the carcasses (M. longissimus lumborum) of threebreed crosses of (Polish Landrace × Polish Large White) × Duroc (barrows to gilts, 1:1), which were slaughtered at about 180 days of age. Determinations were made of basic chemical composition, colour of meat, drip loss, shear force value, and fatty acid profile. It was found that the birth weight of the piglets affects meat colour (redness), crude fat content and the proportion of some fatty acids (C16:1, C20:1 n-9, C20:2 n-6, C20:5 n-3).

Effect of Piglet Birth Weight on Selected Characteristics of Pork

Department of Animal Breeding and Production, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warszawa, Poland

Annals of Animal Science

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The objective of the study was to determine how different birth weights of piglets influence some chemical and physical characteristics of pig meat. Piglets...

Effect of Piglet Birth Weight on Selected Characteristics of Pork

Published Online: Nov 15, 2014

Page range: 967 - 975

Received: Jan 07, 2014

Accepted: Mar 04, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2014-0033

© by Anna Rekiel

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