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Relation between important indicators of the pig meat quality

According to determined meat quality indicators (especially pH values) large proportion of carcasses with PSE and DFD meat were found (24.84% and 9.35%, respectively) among 310 swine carcasses included in the research. Despite such unfavourable results, means of quality indicators for all 310 carcasses showed satisfactory values because they were within boundaries generally accepted as normal. This points out the unreliability of conclusions based only on average values. Coefficients of correlation between individual indicators of quality were high and tested differences were highly significant (p<0.01). However, correlations between quality indicators and meat yield indicators (m. longissimus dorsi and fat area as well as ratio between them) were very weak.

pig; carcass quality; meat quality; correlation coefficient

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