Abstract

This study compared various methods of evaluating carcasses. Data from 57 barrows on feeding trials for a barrow contest at the 1968 Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson were used.The barrows went on test weighing approximately 50 pounds each and were taken off feed individually at 200- 220 pounds, held off feed over night and slaughtered at the Kansas State University Meats Laboratory. Live weight was determined immediately before slaughter and carcass weight, after a 24-hour chill. Cutting time ranged from 24 to 120 hours post-mortem.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, September 25, 1969

Keywords: Swine day, 1969, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 151, Swine, Barrows, Carcass

How to Cite:

Kropf, D. H., Bergkamp, J. L. & Berroth, J. N., (1969) “Carcass evaluation procedures compared”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(10), 28-34. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.3461