1. OBJECTIVE

 

To characterize the variation in pork quality under standard production practices and to develop production schemes to improve pork quality.

2. PUBLICATIONS

Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals

  • The effect of the Halothane and Rendement Napole genes on carcass and meat quality characteristics of pigs.  Hamilton, D. N., M. Ellis, K. D. Miller, F. K. McKeith, and D. F. Parrett. 2000.   J. Anim. Sci. 78:2862-2867

Abstracts

  • The meat quality characteristics of the progeny of two sire lines reared under differing environmental conditions Hamilton, D. N., M. Ellis, B. F. Wolter, F. K. McKeith, and E. R. Wilson. 2000J. Anim. Sci. 78(Suppl. 1):240.

earch Bulletins and Reports

  • Effect of the Halothane and Rendement Napole Genes on Carcass and Meat Quality Characteristics of Pigs Hamilton, D. N., M. Ellis, K. D. Miller, F. K. McKeith, and D. F. Parrett. 2000Swine Res. Reports, University of Illinois.

  • The carcass and meat quality characteristics of two lines of pigs reared under two differing environmental conditions Hamilton, D. N., M. Ellis, B. F. Wolter, F. K. McKeith, and E. R. Wilson. 2001Swine Res. Reports, University of Illinois.

  • Effect of source, level, and time of feeding prior to slaughter of supplementary magnesium on pork quality Hamilton, D. N., A. V. Frampton, M. Ellis, F. K. McKeith, and J. M. Eggert. 2002Swine Res. Reports, University of Illinois.

  • Effect of dietary leucine levels on carcass composition, meat quality, and growth performance in finishing pigs Hyun, Y., M. Ellis, G. Bressner, and D. Baker.  2002Swine Res. Reports, University of Illinois.

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