Breed and sex effect on pork meat quality
Conference Paper
Overview
Overview
abstract
Pork is one of the most traditional meats consumed by
Portuguese people. From the 800 thousand tonnes of
meat and meat products produced in Portugal, pork
represents about 43% of total value. Also the idea that
pork is not indicated for hypo-caloric or low in
cholesterol diets is something not real and has been
decreasing.
The Preto Alentejano is a local non improved swine
breed which survived during the last years owing to a
demand increasing of Iberian products and the
protection of origin designation products. Commercial
pig breeds have great prolificacy and precocity, raised
purely on an intensive way, using a more advanced
technology that translates into a possible improvement
in terms of carcass yield.
