Porcine stress syndrome gene

Influence of the halothane gene (HAL) on pork quality in two commercial crossbreeds

A. C. P. Silveira, Freitas, P. F. A., César, A. S. M., César, A. S. M., Antunes, R. C., Guimarães, E. C., Batista, D. F. A., and Torido, L. C., Influence of the halothane gene (HAL) on pork quality in two commercial crossbreeds, vol. 10, pp. 1479-1489, 2011.

We evaluated the effect of the halothane (HAL) gene on the quality of pork in domestic pigs. Half-carcasses from two different commercial pig (Sus domestica) crossbreeds were analyzed, 46 of which were homozygous dominant (HALNN) and 69 of which were heterozygous (HALNn) for the halothane gene. The measures included backfat thickness, lean meat percentage, carcass weight, pH 24 h after slaughtering, color, and drip loss; DNA was extracted from the haunch muscle.

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