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Quality of the meat product from outdoor pigs
Factors affecting meat quality of commercial crossbred heavy pigs reared outdoors: recent studies carried out in Spain
ISBN/EAN: 9783843356763
Umbreit-Nr.: 1094368
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 72 S.
Format in cm: 0.5 x 22 x 15
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 28.10.2010
Auflage: 1/2010
- Zusatztext
- In the last decade, a growing demand of consumers for improvements in pork meat quality and an increased interest in animal welfare has led to the development of alternative pig production systems, such as outdoor rearing. Up to now, several studies have been conducted to characterise autochthonous pig breeds in the Mediterranean area(Iberian, Gascon, Nero Siciliano and Cinta Senese) being raised in outdoor production systems. The main purpose of these local pig breeds is the fabrication of high quality dry-cured meat products taking advantage of their rusticity and the natural feed resources. The knowledge of the performance of modern pig genotypes in outdoor conditions is very limited probably due to lack of economic benefit. However, it might be worth testing them in regions rich in grass, shrubs and trees, where no local breeds are raised and if a differentiated quality of their end products can be demonstrated. The current book tries to review some of the factors that affect carcass characteristics and meat and fat quality of heavy commercial crossbred pigs reared outdoors. Recent trials carried out in Spain have been used for it.
- Autorenportrait
- María Ángeles Latorre (Teruel, Spain, 1973) is PhD in Animal Production by the Madrid Polytechnic University. Currently, she is a Teacher of Animal Nutrition at Zaragoza University. Her research interests are in the areas of pig nutrition and its effect on meat quality. Her work is being published in several international journals.