Carcass trait, meat yield and quality characteristics of recently-synthesized Woori Heukdon and commercial LYD pigs under identical rearing condition

Objective For decades, LYD ([Landrace×Yorkshire] ♀×Duroc ♂) pigs are the most commonly-used commercial breed for meat production in Korea. Recently, due to the increasing demand for premium pork, the National Institute of Animal Science (Korea) has synthesized a novel pig breed named Woori Heukdon (...

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Main Authors: Van-Ba Hoa, Dong-Heon Song, Ye-Jin Min, Kuk-Hwan Seol, Sun-Moon Kang, Hyun-Wook Kim, Sung-Sil Moon, Soo-Hyun Cho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2023-06-01
Series:Animal Bioscience
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Online Access:http://www.animbiosci.org/upload/pdf/ab-22-0304.pdf