Effects of dietary protein/energy ratio on growth performance, carcass trait, meat quality, and plasma metabolites in pigs of different genotypes

Table 5 Effects of dietary protein/energy ratio and breed on meat quality in finishing pigs

Item	Landrace pig		Bama mini-pig		SEM	P-value
Item	GB diets	NRC diets	GB diets	NRC diets	SEM	Breed	Diet	B × D
pH value (45 min)	6.38^a	6.22^ab	6.08^b	6.08^b	0.07	0.01	0.34	0.36
pH value (24 h)	5.45^a	5.49^a	5.29^b	5.45^a	0.04	0.06	0.05	0.27
L*	47.62	47.47	48.55	48.11	1.00	0.85	0.27	0.33
a*	12.87^c	13.80^bc	14.30^ab	15.29^a	0.30	<0.001	0.01	0.94
b*	5.62	5.68	6.11	5.70	0.39	0.57	0.69	0.60
Drip loss, %	1.99^a	1.53^ab	1.16^b	1.62^ab	0.20	0.12	0.99	0.05
Cooking yield, %	53.45	53.22	55.49	55.78	0.81	0.02	0.97	0.78

^{a, b, c}Mean values with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05). n = 8
GB diets, Chinese conventional diets; B × D, breed × diet interaction

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