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. 2006 Aug;173(4):2143–2149. doi: 10.1534/genetics.105.053983

TABLE 3.

Estimates (± SE) of carcass composition and pork quality variables of each haplotype

Pork carcass and pork quality characteristics
Haplotype ADG (g/day)a Ham yield (%) Loin yield (%) Leaf fat (%) LM area (cm2) Estimated lean contentb (%) Drip loss (%) Lightness (L*) valuec LM IM fat (%) LM pHd
1 416.97 ± 19.43 11.61 ± 0.19 8.23 ± 0.20 6.07 ± 0.80 15.04 ± 3.77 24.23 ± 1.06 1.11 ± 0.29 23.49 ± 0.50 0.95 ± 0.21 2.78 ± 0.02
2 388.02 ± 21.69 11.73 ± 0.21 8.22 ± 0.22 5.45 ± 0.90 17.07 ± 3.86 25.18 ± 1.19 1.67 ± 0.34 24.38 ± 0.56 0.62 ± 0.24 2.75 ± 0.02
3 405.93 ± 23.88 11.77 ± 0.23 7.94 ± 0.24 6.24 ± 0.98 16.20 ± 3.82 24.50 ± 1.30 1.95 ± 0.36 23.80 ± 0.62 0.89 ± 0.26 2.74 ± 0.03
4 433.53 ± 53.23 11.78 ± 0.51 7.42 ± 0.54 5.22 ± 2.21 15.44 ± 4.36 25.50 ± 2.92 2.13 ± 0.78 25.61 ± 1.38 2.12 ± 0.59 2.83 ± 0.06
5 423.67 ± 25.35 11.35 ± 0.25 8.18 ± 0.26 6.48 ± 1.07 13.84 ± 3.83 23.04 ± 1.42 1.98 ± 0.38 23.63 ± 0.67 1.07 ± 0.29 2.78 ± 0.03
6 435.64 ± 38.73 12.11 ± 0.37 8.47 ± 0.39 4.14 ± 1.62 18.94 ± 4.44 24.39 ± 2.14 1.31 ± 0.58 22.64 ± 1.01 0.81 ± 0.43 2.78 ± 0.04
7 444.36 ± 36.41 11.60 ± 0.35 8.17 ± 0.37 6.50 ± 1.52 16.94 ± 4.00 22.78 ± 2.02 1.59 ± 0.56 24.44 ± 0.95 1.07 ± 0.41 2.77 ± 0.04
8 426.81 ± 58.47 11.39 ± 0.56 7.18 ± 0.59 4.43 ± 2.42 13.66 ± 4.77 25.75 ± 3.19 2.31 ± 0.86 25.84 ± 1.51 0.75 ± 0.77 2.73 ± 0.07
9 403.91 ± 90.84 10.58 ± 0.90 7.38 ± 0.92 4.61 ± 3.88 12.67 ± 5.79 25.09 ± 5.17 0.92 ± 1.35 23.30 ± 2.44 0.76 ± 1.04 2.89 ± 0.10
P 0.55 0.43 0.32 0.74 0.13 0.85 0.08 0.40 0.36 0.35

IM, intramuscular; LM, longissimus thoracis muscle.

a

Average daily gain (70–140 days of age).

b

Estimated lean content = 61.56 − (0.878 × fat depth in mm) + (0.157 × LM depth in mm).

c

L* is a measure of darkness to lightness (a larger L* value indicates a lighter color).

d

pH at 24 hr postmortem in LM.