. 2020 May 31;62(3):409–419. doi: 10.5187/jast.2020.62.3.409

Table 1. Physicochemical traits from Duroc, Pietrain and their crossbred pigs (Duroc × Pietrain).

	Breed			Gender		SEM	Significance
	D	P	DP	C	G	SEM	Breed	Gender	Breed × Gender
Moisture (%)	74.14	74.61	74.20	74.29	74.27	0.077	ns	ns	ns
IMF (%)	2.46^b	1.85^c	3.25^a	2.22^b	2.68^a	0.096	***	*	ns
pH	5.63^b	5.77^a	5.54^c	5.61^b	5.66^a	0.014	***	**	**
Cooking loss (%)	12.80^b	12.34^b	14.73^a	13.13	13.25	0.335	*	ns	ns
WHC (%)	74.89^a	76.58^a	69.85^b	72.14	74.13	0.581	***	ns	***
WBSF (kg/cm²)	4.17^b	4.39^b	5.23^a	4.66	4.43	0.102	***	ns	ns

Values are expressed as means and SEM.

^a-c

Means in a same row with different superscript letter differ significantly at ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001.

D, Duroc (n=79); P, Pietrain (n=42); DP, crossbred Duroc × Pietrain (n=45); C, castrate; G, gilt; SEM, standard error of means; ns, not significant; IMF, intramuscular fat; WHC, water-holding capacity; WBSF, Warner-Bratzler shear force.