Effects of halothane gene and pre-slaughter treatment on meat quality and welfare from two pig crosses

• Published in: Meat science Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 463 - 472
• Main Authors: Fàbrega, E., Manteca, X., Font, J., Gispert, M., Carrión, D., Velarde, A., Ruiz-de-la-Torre, J.L., Diestre, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2002; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal productions; Biological and medical sciences; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Halothane genotype; Meat quality; Pigs; Pre-slaughter; Terrestrial animal productions; Vertebrates; Welfare; Pigs; Pre-slaughter; Halothane genotype; Welfare; Meat quality; Farming animal; Halothane; Meat product; Genotype; Carcass; Pig; Vertebrata; Meat animals; Mammalia; Quality; Physiology; Artiodactyla; Breeding value; Slaughter; Ungulata; Pork

Pigs from crosses of a Piétrain (Pi) and a Large White×Piétrain (LwPi) heterozygous (Nn) boar lines with Landrace×Large White homozygous negative (NN) sows, were used to study the effect of halothane gene and pre-slaughter treatment on animal welfare and meat quality. A total of 83 gilts (47 NN and...