Waylan, A.T.O'Quinn, P.R.Woodworth, J.C.Koo, S.I.Unruh, John A.Goodband, Robert D.Nelssen, Jim L.Tokach, Michael D.2010-02-182010-02-182010-02-18http://hdl.handle.net/2097/2676Seventy-two crossbred (PIC) barrows were used to determine the influence of feeding modified tall oil (MTO, 0 or .5% of diet) and vitamin E (0, 10, or 50 IU/lb of feed) on bacon quality characteristics. Feeding MTO to pigs during both. the growing and finishing phases increased bacon slice firmness. Feeding swine MTO and vitamin E had minimal effects on bacon production, proximate analysis, and quality traits. Therefore, any of these combinations of MTO with vitamin E can be fed to swine to improve carcass traits without affecting bacon.SwineModified tall oilVitamin EBaconConference paper