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Relationship between meat colour and feed efficiency in pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1960

Zofia Osińska  and
J. Kielanowski
Zofia Osińska
Affiliation:
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Warsaw
J. Kielanowski
Affiliation:
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Warsaw
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Data from Danish Progeny Testing Stations were used to investigate the relationship between the colour of meat and feed efficiency in pigs. For groups slaughtered during the summer there was a highly significant correlation. As the amount of feed consumed per unit live-weight gain declined so the meat became paler. For groups slaughtered in winter and for data pooled over the whole year, there was no significant correlation. Possible explanations of these findings are discussed.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , September 1960 , pp. 209 - 212
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1960

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