Article
Production performance, carcass composition, and adipose tissue traits of heavy pigs: influence of breed and production system.
Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 2014
Lebret B, Dourmad J Y, Mourot J, Pollet P Y, Gondret F
Abstract excerpt
Both breed and production systems are responsible for production efficiency and quality traits of pork. Effects of breed and production system within breed on growth, body fatness, and adipose tissues traits were assessed in the pure Basque (B, nonselected, local French) and conventional Large White (LW) breeds, reared either in a conventional (C, slatted floor), alternative (A, indoor straw bedding and outdoor...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Animals
- Body Composition
- Body Weight
- Breeding
- Diet
- Growth and Development
- Housing, Animal
- Lipids
- Male
- Meat
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Phenotype
- Subcutaneous Fat
- Swine
