Phenotypic and genetic parameters for longissimus muscle fiber characteristics in relation to growth, carcass, and meat quality traits in large white pigs.

Larzul, Catherine; Lefaucheur, Louis; Ecolan, Patrick; Gogué, Jean-Marcel; Talmant, André; Sellier, Pierre; Le Roy, Pascale; Monin, Gabriel

doi:10.2527/1997.75123126x

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Phenotypic and genetic parameters for longissimus muscle fiber characteristics in relation to growth, carcass, and meat quality traits in large white pigs.

Published in Journal of Animal Science • Jan 1, 1997

Authors:

Catherine Larzul

Louis Lefaucheur

Patrick Ecolan

Abstract

A total of 383 barrows and gilts from a French Large White experimental herd were slaughtered at 100 kg BW. Samples of longissimus muscle were taken to categorize myofibers according to their contractile (I, IIA, and IIB) and metabolic (oxidative and nonoxidative) properties. Myofiber percentages, c...

Subject

Longissimus muscle

Muscle fibre

Biology

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