Genetic relationships between composition of pork bellies and performance, carcase and meat quality traitsa

Belly traits including predicted fat percentage of the belly (FATPC), combined area of the rib bone and muscle (RBMA), intermuscular fat area (IMFA) and subcutaneous fat area (SFA) were recorded on 2403 pigs along with carcase fat depth at the P2 site (P2). Belly traits were derived from image analy...

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Main Author: S. Hermesch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
pig
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731108002334