1. OBJECTIVE

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

2. PUBLICATIONS

Doctor of Philosophy Thesis

• On-farm approaches to reducing pre-slaughter stress in pigs and improving pork quality.   Hamilton, D. N.  2002.  University of Illinois, Urbana (In progress).

Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals

• Effect of excess dietary leucine on growth and carcass characteristics, intramuscular fat level and pork quality in finishing pigs.  Hyun, Y., Ellis, M., & McKeith, F.K.  2002.  Can J. Anim. Sci. (Submitted).

Abstracts

• Effect of animal handling intensity on blood acid-base balance in slaughter weight pigs.  Bertol, T. M., M. Ellis, D. N. Hamilton, F. K. McKeith. 2002.  J. Anim. Sci. 80(Suppl. 2):55.

• Effect of L-carnitine and oil supplementation on acid-base balance and energy substrate utilization in finishing pigs.  Bertol, T. M., M. Ellis, D. N. Hamilton, F. K. McKeith. 2002.  J. Anim. Sci. 80(Suppl. 1):55.

• Comparison of the glycolotyic potential and DNA-based test for predicting Rendement Napole genotype.  Hamilton, D. N., M. Ellis, K. D. Miller, F. K. McKeith, A. D. Higgerson and J. E. Beever. 2002.  J. Anim. Sci. 80(Suppl. 2):9.

• Relationship between meat quality and blood acid-base measurements in pigs.  Hamilton, D. N., T. M. Bertol, M. Ellis, S. N. Carr and F. K. McKeith. 2002.  Proc. British Soc. Anim. Sci.  p. 174.

• A survey of farm of origin and packing plant effects on pork quality.  To be presented at Reciprocal Meat Conference of American Meat Science Association.

• Effect of excess dietary leucine on growth and carcass characteristics, intramuscular fat level and pork quality in finishing pigs.  Hyun, Y., Ellis, M., & McKeith, F.K.  2002.  J. Anim. Sci. 80(Suppl. 2):32.

• Effect of feeding diets with excess dietary leucine to finishing pigs on growth and carcass characteristics, meat quality and intramuscular fat levels.  Hyun, Y., Ellis, M., & McKeith, F.K.  2002.  Proc. British Soc. Anim. Sci.  p. 176.

• Effect of dietary lysine and leucine levels on carcass composition, meat quality, and growth performance in finishing pigs.  Kim, J.D., Hyun, Y., Hamilton, D.N., Baker, D.H., McKeith, F.K., and Ellis, M.  2002.  To be presented at the National Meeting of the American Society of Animal Sciences Meeting, Quebec, Canada.

Research Bulletins and Reports

• 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. 2002.  Swine 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.  2002.  Swine Res. Reports, University of Illinois.