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The influence of dietary linoleic acid on backfat firmness in bacon weight pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

N.J. Prescott  and
J.D. Wood
N.J. Prescott
Affiliation:
Institute of Food Research-Bristol Laboratory, Langford, Bristol, BS18 7DY
J.D. Wood
Affiliation:
Institute of Food Research-Bristol Laboratory, Langford, Bristol, BS18 7DY
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There is a growing concern in the UK meat industry over carcasses containing soft fat, which prove difficult to cut and process. This may be caused by the feeding of high levels of unsaturated fatty acids resulting in high levels in carcass fat, and hence soft fat. This trial examined the critical levels of linoleic acid affecting fat firmness.

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Manipulation of Composition and Quality of Animal Products
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1988 , March 1988 , pp. 65
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1988

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