Productive performance, carcass and meat quality of intact and castrated gilts slaughtered at 106 or 122 kg BW

Productive performance, carcass and meat quality of intact and castrated gilts slaughtered at 106 or 122 kg BW

A total of 200 (Landrace × Large White dam × Pietrain × Large White sire) gilts of 50 ± 3 days of age (23.3 ± 1.47 kg BW) were used to investigate the effects of castration (intact gilt, IG v. castrated gilt, CG) and slaughter weight (SW; 106 v. 122 kg BW) on productive performance, carcass and meat...

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Main Authors: J. Peinado, M.P. Serrano, P. Medel, A. Fuentetaja, G.G. Mateos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
carcass quality
castrated gilt
performance
slaughter weight
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731111000061

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