Table 1. Physicochemical traits from Duroc, Pietrain and their crossbred pigs (Duroc × Pietrain)

Breed Gender SEM Significance
D P DP C G Breed Gender Breed × Gender
Moisture (%) 74.14 74.61 74.20 74.29 74.27 0.077 ns ns ns
IMF (%) 2.46b 1.85c 3.25a 2.22b 2.68a 0.096 *** * ns
pH 5.63b 5.77a 5.54c 5.61b 5.66a 0.014 *** ** **
Cooking loss (%) 12.80b 12.34b 14.73a 13.13 13.25 0.335 * ns ns
WHC (%) 74.89a 76.58a 69.85b 72.14 74.13 0.581 *** ns ***
WBSF (kg/cm2) 4.17b 4.39b 5.23a 4.66 4.43 0.102 *** ns ns
Values are expressed as means and SEM.
Means in a same row with different superscript letter differ significantly at *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
D, Duroc (n=79); P, Pietrain (n=42); DP, crossbred Duroc × Pietrain (n=45); C, castrate; G, gilt; SEM, standard error of means; ns, not significant; IMF, intramuscular fat; WHC, water-holding capacity; WBSF, Warner-Bratzler shear force.