RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN METABOLISM AND GLYCOGEN CONTENT IN SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS OF LARGE WHITE AND HAMPSHIRE CROSSBRED PIGS

Abstract
Glycolytic potential (an estimator of intra vitam glycogen level) was determined at slaughter in the M. longissimus lumborum muscle from 6 Large White pigs and 6 Pen Ar Lan pigs (Pen Ar Lans are Hampshire × Pietrain × Large White crossbred pigs). Muscle samples (M. longissimus lumborum) were taken at slaughter and 24 h later. Muscle glycolytic potential was much higher in Pen Ar Lans than in Large Whites. Samples were cut at – 25°C for histochemistry. Serial cuts were stained for ATPase activity, succinate dehydrogenase activity