Table 1 Carcass characteristics between loin of crossbred pigs sired either Duroc or synthetic breed based on Korean native breed

Items Breed1) Sex Significance
LYD LYW Castrate Gilt Breed Sex Breed×Sex
Live weight (kg) 120.2±8.172) 117.4±10.41 120.5±10.05 117.0±8.51 ns ns *
Market weight (day) 162.3±1.3 162.5±1.0 162.2±1.14 162.6±1.21 ns ns ns
Carcass weight (kg) 96.38±6.95 93.10±8.34 97.37±8.21 91.97±6.39 ns ** ns
Carcass backfat thickness (mm) 29.03±5.78 28.60±5.13 31.23±5.32 26.31±4.34 ns *** ns
1) LYD, Landrace×Yorkshire×Duroc; LYW, Landrace×Yorkshire×Woori black pig based on Korean native breed.
2) Values are mean±standard error.
* p<0.05
** p<0.01
*** p<0.001.
ns, not significant.