Table 1.
Carcass traits1 of Korean Native Black Pig and its crossbred with Duroc pig
| Items | Crossbreeding effect (C) | p value2 | Gender effect (G) | p value2 | p value2 of interaction (C×G) | ||
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| KNP | KNP×D | Barrow | Gilt | ||||
| Slaughter weight (kg) | 67.13±9.59 | 103.21±9.74 | 0.000 | 96.88±18.47 | 86.09±19.31 | 0.009 | 0.749 |
| Carcass weight (kg) | 49.13±6.94 | 77.97±7.95 | 0.000 | 73.15±14.66 | 64.83±15.23 | 0.009 | 0.712 |
| Dressing percentage (%) | 73.22±1.80 | 75.92±2.20 | 0.000 | 75.43±2.02 | 74.66±2.81 | 0.351 | 0.688 |
| Back fat thickness (mm) | 24.40±4.68 | 26.66±4.69 | 0.173 | 28.29±4.44 | 23.21±3.58 | 0.000 | 0.546 |
| Conformation grade3 | 2.00±0.00 | 1.88±0.33 | 0.182 | 1.92±0.27 | 1.90±0.30 | 0.838 | 0.838 |
| Quality grade4 | 1.87±0.51 | 1.87±0.33 | 0.479 | 2.00±0.48 | 1.91±0.66 | 0.838 | 0.491 |
KNP, Korean Native Black Pig; KNP×D, Korean Native Black Pig crossbred with Duroc.
1
Values were presented as mean±standard deviation.
2
p<0.05 was considered as significantly different.
3
A grade = 4 point, B grade = 3 point, C grade = 2 point, and D grade = 1 point.
4
1+ grade = 4 point, 1 grade = 3 point, 2 grade = 2 point, and 3 grade = 1 point.