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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-1-23
pubmed:abstractText
Six pigs obtained from a lean selected strain and six pigs obtained from an obese selected strain were slaughtered at about 110 kg live-animal weight. Carcasses were evaluated; hams were dissected into bone, skin, fat and lean, and loin samples were obtained for fiber type characteristics, percentage of fat and moisture, collagen analysis, sensory characteristics, textural properties and objective color analysis. Carcasses from lean pigs were longer, had less backfat and larger longissimus muscle cross-sectional areas than carcasses obtained from obese pigs. Hams from lean pigs had less fat, more bone and more lean than hams from carcasses of obese pigs. The percentages and cross-sectional areas of red and white muscle fibers of the longissimus muscle from lean and obese pigs were not different. However, lean pigs had intermediate fibers that were only 79% as large (P less than .10) as intermediate muscle fibers from obese pigs. Intermediate fibers represented only 7 and 10% of total fiber area, whereas white fibers represented 84 and 79% of total fiber area in longissimus muscle of lean and obese pigs, respectively. Overall, lean pigs tended to possess fewer fibers (-16%) per unit of area than obese pigs, indicating that total muscle fiber hypertrophy was partially responsible for the increased longissimus muscle area of the lean strain. Sensory properties of longissimus meat samples from lean and obese strains were not different. However, the shear force requirement of the longissimus samples from the lean strain were slightly, but significantly (P less than .10), higher than those from the obese strain. No differences were observed in meat color.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-8812
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2950-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Carcass, muscle and meat characteristics of lean and obese pigs.
pubmed:affiliation
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, NE 68933.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article