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. 2025 Jul 30;29:100491. doi: 10.1016/j.vas.2025.100491

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
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
1

Different sire lines: Line d- Duroc; Line H- Duroc and Pietrain; Line P- Pietrain.

2

Sex category: ICM = Immunocastrated males; F = Females.

3

Standard error of the mean.

a,b

Means followed by different letters in the same row, within genetic line or sex, differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05).