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Effect of hot carcass weight on loin, ham, and belly quality from pigs sourced from a commercial processing facility,.
Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 2017
Harsh B N, Arkfeld E K, Mohrhauser D A, King D A, Wheeler T L, Dilger A C, Shackelford S D, Boler D D
Abstract excerpt
The objective was to determine the predictive abilities of HCW for loin, ham, and belly quality of 7,684 pigs with carcass weights ranging from 53.2 to 129.6 kg. Carcass composition, subjective loin quality, and ham face color were targeted on all carcasses, whereas in-plant instrumental loin color and belly quality were assessed on 52.0 and 47.5% of carcasses, respectively. Loin chop slice shear force (SSF),...
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