Table 3.
Evaluation of the effects of different paternal genetic lines (D, H and P) and sexes (ICM and female) on the primary cuts of pigs.
| Item | Lineage1 |
Sex2 |
Pooled SEM3 |
P-Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | H | P | ICM | F | Lineage | Sex | Lineage x Sex | ||
| Shoulder (kg) | 1.98a | 1.85b | 1.98a | 1.94 | 1.94 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.97 | 0.61 |
| Jowl (kg) | 9.36 | 9.43 | 9.22 | 9.36 | 9.31 | 0.17 | 0.44 | 0.70 | 0.75 |
| Ham (kg) | 15.33a | 15.04a | 14.40b | 14.58 | 15.26 | 0.26 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.43 |
| Rib (kg) | 3.59a | 3.43ab | 3.14b | 3.41 | 3.37 | 0.13 | < 0.01 | 0.68 | 0.74 |
| Belly (kg) | 5.88 | 5.83 | 6.11 | 5.75 | 6.11 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.01 | 0.59 |
| Tenderloin (kg) | 0.71a | 0.76a | 0.64b | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.02 | < 0.01 | 0.79 | 0.13 |
| Boston butt (kg) | 2.29b | 2.55a | 2.27b | 2.35 | 2.39 | 0.06 | < 0.01 | 0.34 | 0.56 |
| Center rib roast (kg) | 8.66 | 8.75 | 8.41 | 8.78 | 8.44 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.06 |
Different sire lines: Line d- Duroc; Line H- Duroc and Pietrain; Line P- Pietrain.
Sex category: ICM = Immunocastrated males; F = Females.
Standard error of the mean.
Means followed by different letters in the same row, within genetic line or sex, differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05).