FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2006, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (3): 242-246.

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Progress Review on the Effects of Dietary Nutrition and Breeding on Pork Quality

 GAO  Xin, TU  Kang-;, DONG  Qing-Li   

  1. College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
  • Online:2006-03-15 Published:2011-09-06

Abstract:  Pork is indispensable to our everyday diet which contains high-quality protein, and the quality of pork is influencedby many factors such as genotype, sex, age, nutrition, slaughtering, biochemistry change and carcass processing. Among these,nutrition and breeding are noticeable ones. In this paper, the studies on breeding aspect, energy level and feed nutrition, includingexogenous porcine somatotropin (PST), β-incitant, L-novain, lycine, Rucca Schidigera and electrolyte, which would affect thepork quality were also reviewed.

Key words:  , breeding; pork; quality;