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The administration of sugar solutions to pigs immediately prior to slaughter. 3. Effect on bacon yield

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

T. H. Fernandes ,
W. C. Smith ,
M. Ellis ,
J. B. K. Clark  and
D. G. Armstrong
T. H. Fernandes
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
W. C. Smith
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
M. Ellis
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
J. B. K. Clark
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
D. G. Armstrong
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
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Abstract

Two field trials were conducted with 138 and 123 bacon-weight pigs respectively from one farm to determine the effect on bacon yield of feeding the animals sugar solutions prior to slaughter. Three treatments were tested: immediate slaughter on arrival at the abattoir; lairage overnight with access to water only (15 h); and overnight lairage with access to a sugar solution (6 h) followed by water only (9 h) prior to slaughter. A glucose syrup solution was used in one trial and a sucrose solution of similar hexose-equivalent concentration (550 g/kg) in the other. Access to either of the sugar solutions, relative to water only or immediate slaughter, increased bacon yield. This was entirely due to glucose-fed pigs having a higher carcass yield (2·3 % and 1·5 % respectively) and a trend in this direction for the sucrose-fed animals (0·9% and 1·0% respectively). Carcasses of glucose-fed pigs actually gained less weight than those of their counterparts during the curing process, but this did not occur with the sucrose solution. Access to sucrose relative to water only and immediate slaughter increased liver weights by 32% and 42% respectively. Lower hepatic responses were obtained with glucose syrup (18% and 12%). Both sugar solutions reduced muscle ultimate pH (0·1 to 0·2 unit) relative to water only in overnight lairage.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , December 1979 , pp. 315 - 320
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1979

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