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. 2014 Aug 20;2014:761257. doi: 10.1155/2014/761257

Table 9.

Determination of carcass properties in outbred WZS minipigs.

Item Means
Total (n = 11) Male (n = 5) Female (n = 6)
Body weight (kg) 24.55 ± 7.28 22.92 ± 10.21 25.92 ± 4.20
Slaughter weight (kg) 16.16 ± 4.87 14.89 ± 6.65 17.23 ± 3.02
Blood weight (kg) 1.01 ± 0.17 0.99 ± 0.09 1.03 ± 0.21
Head weight (kg) 2.97 ± 0.73 2.44 ± 0.82 3.33 ± 0.41
Forepaw weight (kg) 0.31 ± 0.09 0.29 ± 0.14 0.33 ± 0.07
Rear foot weight (kg) 0.38 ± 0.11 0.33 ± 0.13 0.43 ± 0.08
Suet (including kidney) (kg) 0.31 ± 0.03 0.30 ± 0.02 0.31 ± 0.04
Lean meat weight (kg) 8.57 ± 2.37 6.97 ± 2.70 9.84 ± 1.06
Fat weight (kg) 2.50 ± 1.72 2.64 ± 2.55 2.39 ± 1.01
Bone weight (kg) 1.95 ± 0.54 1.57 ± 0.60 2.25 ± 1.01
Skin weight (kg) 2.22 ± 0.79 1.94 ± 1.16 2.45 ± 0.34
Skin thickness (mm) 3.64 ± 0.92 3.40 ± 1.14 3.83 ± 0.75
Back fat thickness (mm) 11.70 ± 6.05 11.47 ± 6.76 11.90 ± 4.97
Carcass length (cm) 47.30 ± 4.72 43.50 ± 3.11 49.83 ± 3.87
Eye muscle area (cm2) 15.55 ± 2.81 14.66 ± 2.66 16.29 ± 1.87
Dressing percentage (%) 66.03 ± 2.52 65.55 ± 3.67 66.35 ± 1.95
Lean meat percentage (%) 57.11 ± 4.86 55.61 ± 6.57 58.31 ± 3.30
Fat meat percentage (%) 15.31 ± 6.35 17.17 ± 8.46 13.82 ± 4.56
Bone percentage (%) 12.64 ± 2.58 12.63 ± 3.87 12.64 ± 1.44
Skin percentage (%) 14.36 ± 1.45 14.19 ± 1.97 14.49 ± 1.11

Note: no significant differences were found between males and females by t-test.