Biological Characteristics of Captive Chinese Wuzhishan Minipigs (Sus scrofa)

Table 9

Determination of carcass properties in outbred WZS minipigs.

Item	Means
	Total ()	Male ()	Female ()
Body weight (kg)	24.55 ± 7.28	22.92 ± 10.21	25.92 ± 4.20
Slaughter weight (kg)	16.16 ± 4.87	14.89 ± 6.65	17.23 ± 3.02
Blood weight (kg)	1.01 ± 0.17	0.99 ± 0.09	1.03 ± 0.21
Head weight (kg)	2.97 ± 0.73	2.44 ± 0.82	3.33 ± 0.41
Forepaw weight (kg)	0.31 ± 0.09	0.29 ± 0.14	0.33 ± 0.07
Rear foot weight (kg)	0.38 ± 0.11	0.33 ± 0.13	0.43 ± 0.08
Suet (including kidney) (kg)	0.31 ± 0.03	0.30 ± 0.02	0.31 ± 0.04
Lean meat weight (kg)	8.57 ± 2.37	6.97 ± 2.70	9.84 ± 1.06
Fat weight (kg)	2.50 ± 1.72	2.64 ± 2.55	2.39 ± 1.01
Bone weight (kg)	1.95 ± 0.54	1.57 ± 0.60	2.25 ± 1.01
Skin weight (kg)	2.22 ± 0.79	1.94 ± 1.16	2.45 ± 0.34
Skin thickness (mm)	3.64 ± 0.92	3.40 ± 1.14	3.83 ± 0.75
Back fat thickness (mm)	11.70 ± 6.05	11.47 ± 6.76	11.90 ± 4.97
Carcass length (cm)	47.30 ± 4.72	43.50 ± 3.11	49.83 ± 3.87
Eye muscle area (cm^2)	15.55 ± 2.81	14.66 ± 2.66	16.29 ± 1.87
Dressing percentage (%)	66.03 ± 2.52	65.55 ± 3.67	66.35 ± 1.95
Lean meat percentage (%)	57.11 ± 4.86	55.61 ± 6.57	58.31 ± 3.30
Fat meat percentage (%)	15.31 ± 6.35	17.17 ± 8.46	13.82 ± 4.56
Bone percentage (%)	12.64 ± 2.58	12.63 ± 3.87	12.64 ± 1.44
Skin percentage (%)	14.36 ± 1.45	14.19 ± 1.97	14.49 ± 1.11

Note: no significant differences were found between males and females by -test.