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Preventing Pale Soft Exudative Pork (PSE) in Pigs
SE is caused by a combination of factors which stress the animal and cause a rapid decline in meat PH. Pig genetics – Pigs which either carry or are homozygous positive for the PSS (porcine stress...
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Muscle characteristics and meat quality traits are affected by divergent...
L. Lefaucheur*, B. Lebret*, P. Ecolan*, I. Louveau*, M. Damon*, A. Prunier*, Y. Billon, P. Sellier and H. Gilbert * INRA, UMR1079 Systèmes d’Elevage, Nutrition Animale et Humaine, F-35590...
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A Survey of Farm of Origin and Slaughter Plant Effects on Pork Quality
INTRODUCTION The issue of meat quality has grown to be of major concern in the swine industry. Cannon et al. (1995) reported that the condition referred to as pale, soft, and exudative (PSE) pork...
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Ron Bates, Michigan State University- Influence of finishing environment on...
Summary Objective: To compare growth, carcass merit, and meat-quality traits for pigs of similar genetic merit finished in two different environments. Materials and methods: Pigs (n = 973) from an F2...
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Impact of the Hydrodyne® Process on Tenderness of Pork
S. Moeller 1, D. Wulf, D. Meeker, M. Ndife, and N. Sundararajan The Ohio State University Department of Animal Sciences Abstract Paired boneless pork loins were obtained from 76 market hogs to...
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Has Lean Yield Gone Too Far?
If you were to ask Canada’s main processors this question they would say that for a growing number of producers the answer is a definite YES! The backfat level on hogs from most farms has gone down...
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Advances in evaluation of carcass quality for pork
Source: Meatingplace.com In general, pork quality is a combination of traits that provide for a wholesome, attractive, appetizing, nutritious and palatable product (Kauffman et al., 1990). Seven...
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Preventing Pale Soft Exudative Pork (PSE) in Pigs
SE is caused by a combination of factors which stress the animal and cause a rapid decline in meat PH. Pig genetics – Pigs which either carry or are homozygous positive for the PSS (porcine stress...
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The effects of farm-to-slaughter plant pig management on pork quality
wo studies differing in facility design and season (Exp. 1 & 2) were conducted to determine effects of pre-slaughter management on pork quality by monitoring blood lactate concentration ([LAC])...
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DL Meeker, The Ohio State University: Frequency and Effects of the Napole...
Other Cooperators: National Swine Registry, National Pork Producers Council, Ohio Pork Producers Council, University of Illinois, Iowa State University 1 For more information, contact at: The Ohio...
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