ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2020
Effects of Housing, Short Distance Transport and Lairage on Meat Quality of Finisher Pigs.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of microclimate during transport on physiological indicators of market pig welfare: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of stress in domestic animals: roles of heat shock proteins and acute-phase proteins.Veterinary research communications · 2025Review
- Preslaughter practices, pork physicochemical attributes and fatty acid profiles of pigs raised and slaughtered on smallholder urban farms in the Cape Metropole, South Africa.Veterinary and animal science · 2025Article
- Exploring the multifaceted factors affecting pork meat quality.Journal of animal science and technology · 2024Review
- The Protective Role of Heat Shock Proteins against Stresses in Animal Breeding.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Meat quality and safety issues during high temperatures and cutting-edge technologies to mitigate the scenario.Journal of animal science and technology · 2024Review
- Translatomics reveals the role of dietary calcium addition in regulating muscle fat deposition in pigs.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effect of loading density and weather conditions on animal welfare and meat quality of slaughter pigs.Journal of animal science and technology · 2023Article
- Association between Enzootic Pneumonia-like Lung Lesions and Carcass Quality and Meat pH Value in Slaughter Pigs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Impact of Procedures and Human-Animal Interactions during Transport and Slaughter on Animal Welfare of Pigs: A Systematic Literature Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Fasting Finisher Pigs before Slaughter Influences Pork Safety, Pork Quality and Animal Welfare.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Review
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Abstract
Transport and associated handling can have adverse effects on pig welfare and meat quality. The purpose of the study was to determine (the variation of) effects of farm management, climate parameters, transport and lairage conditions on the meat quality of fattening pigs, heterozygous for the halothane gene. A total of 4763 fattening pigs were transported from 1 farm to a commercial slaughterhouse (distance 110 km) in 121 transports. From 2404 carcasses, carcass temperature and pH were measured 45 min post-mortem; 48 hours post-mortem pH, electrical conductivity, drip loss and meat color were registered. During the raising period sex, conditions at weaning (purchased or not as piglet, vaccination against mycoplasma) and (type of) pen during fattening (i.e., from about 22 kg to 105 kg) were registered to relate with pork quality. Transport season, weather parameters, regrouping or not during loading, transport combination (truck, trailer and driver), transport compartment and transport conditions (loading density, transport duration and unloading time) were monitored. At the slaughterhouse, duration of lairage and carcass conformation were followed up to examine correlations with meat quality parameters. Effects of farm management, climate parameters during transport, transport and slaughterhouse conditions on pork quality were demonstrated. Specifically, reducing lung lesions by vaccination during raising, no mixing of pigs during the transport process, sufficient lairage time and transporting no extreme muscled pigs can improve meat quality.
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