Author:
FORTIN A.,FRIEND D. W.,SARKAR N. K.
Abstract
Twenty-four boars and 24 barrows were slaughtered at 95 kg liveweight. Boars consumed less feed (P < 0.01), showed more efficient feed conversion (P < 0.01), but had a lower (P < 0.05) dressing percentage and percentage of internal fat than barrows. Boars produced a higher (P < 0.01) percentage of trimmed boneless meat and their carcasses contained more protein, more water and less fat (ether extract) (P < 0.01) than barrows. Key words: Carcass characteristics, boars, barrows
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Food Animals
Cited by
12 articles.
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