Carcass evaluation procedures compared

Carcass evaluation procedures compared

Kropf, D.H.; Bergkamp, J.L.; Berroth, J.N.

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Publication Date: 1969

Conference: Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, September 25, 1969
Starting Page: 28, Ending Page: 34
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

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Abstract:

This study compared various methods of evaluating carcasses. Data from 57 barrows on feeding trials for a barrow contest at the 1968 Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson were used.The barrows went on test weighing approximately 50 pounds each and were taken off feed individually at 200- 220 pounds, held off feed over night and slaughtered at the Kansas State University Meats Laboratory. Live weight was determined immediately before slaughter and carcass weight, after a 24-hour chill. Cutting time ranged from 24 to 120 hours post-mortem.

Keywords: Swine; Barrows; Carcass

URL for this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4081