Effects of preslaughter management on the quality of carcasses from porcine stress syndrome heterozygous market hogs.

doi:10.2527/1998.7692435x

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Effects of preslaughter management on the quality of carcasses from porcine stress syndrome heterozygous market hogs.

Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 1998

Stalder K J, Maya J, Christian L L, Moeller S J, Prusa K J

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The objectives of this study were to determine whether two preslaughter management treatments, rest and mixing, influence the muscle quality of porcine stress syndrome (PSS) heterozygous (Nn) market hogs and to verify the expected quality characteristics of carcasses produced from PSS-normal (NN)...

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Animals
Genotype
Glycogen
Heterozygote
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Lipids
Meat
Muscles
Rest
Stress, Physiological
Swine
Swine Diseases
Syndrome
Temperature

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