The Effect of Restricting Feed Intake of Market Hogs during the Finishing Period on the Quality of the Bacon Carcass
- 1 May 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 13 (2) , 321-326
- https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1954.132321x
Abstract
A restriction of feed intake during the finishing period increased the quality of the hog carcass for bacon by reducing fat deposition during that period. The actual size of the muscle area in the rashers was increased as well as the percentage of lean. Copyright © . .This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: