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. 2021 Apr 16;99(6):skab119. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab119

Table 8.

Distribution of pork quality classes according to the pigs’ loading densities during transport

Loading density1
Quality class2 D200 D235 D270 Total
PSE, % 0 0 0 0
PFN, % 20.4 19.1 17.9 57.4
RSE, % 0 0 0 0
RFN, % 4.6 4.6 2.1 11.2
DFD, % 0 0 0.8 0.8

1D200: 200 kg/m2; D235: 235 kg/m2; D270: 270 kg/m2.

2PSE = pale. soft, exudative; PFN = pale, firm, nonexudative; RSE = red, soft, exudative; RFN = red, firm, nonexudative; DFD = dark, firm, dry.