Table 3. Carcass traits and meat yield of Woori heukdon by feeding diets
Items | CD1) | ED |
Slaughter weight (kg) | 109.30 ± 3.20 | 109.60 ± 2.00 |
Hot carcass weight (kg) | 85.68 ± 1.96 | 85.40 ± 2.11 |
Cold carcass weight (kg) | 83.80 ± 4.88 | 83.40 ± 5.67 |
Back-fat thickness (mm) | 28.78 ± 0.54 | 27.75 ± 0.66 |
Trimable fat (kg) | 17.50 ± 0.12 | 16.69 ± 0.10 |
Bone (kg) | 8.49 ± 0.68 | 8.43 ± 0.57 |
Skin (kg) | 6.31 ± 0.12 | 6.34 ± 0.13 |
Meat yield (kg) |
Tenderloin | 1.09 ± 0.27 | 1.01 ± 0.20 |
Loin | 7.16 ± 0.54 | 7.12 ± 0.48 |
Shoulder butt | 4.46 ± 1.16 | 4.36 ± 1.33 |
Picnic | 9.61 ± 0.83 | 9.35 ± 0.77 |
Ham | 15.64 ± 0.29 | 15.36 ± 0.21 |
Belly | 13.28 ± 2.54 | 13.25 ± 2.19 |
Rib | 2.52 ± 0.41 | 2.35 ± 0.42 |
Total meat yield | 53.76 ± 0.53 | 52.80 ± 0.58 |
CD (control diet), pigs were fed a basal diet; ED (experiment diet), pigs were fed a basal diet + 4% lysine, isoleucine, methionine, threonine, valine and tryptophan during growing phase and supplemented with 0.1% chromium picolinate during finishing phase.