Body Composition of Market Weight Pigs

Relationships among some Physical and Chemical Parameters of Full- Versus Limited-Fed Yorkshire Pigs Slaughtered at Different Live Weights

“…The strong inverse relationships observed between the chemically-determined fat and protein showed that, while the protein was not actually being replaced by fat during fattening, it showed a relative decrease as the fat increased (Lawes and Gilbert, 1861;Moulton, 1923;Murray, 1922). Water and protein were highly correlated, as was observed by others (Gnaedinger et al, 1963;Doornenbal, 1961).…”

“…Only a few reports (McMeekan and Hammond, 1939;McMeekan, 1940;Zobrisky et al, 1958) have included a more detailed analysis. Similarly, only a few reports (Lu et al, 1958;Zobrisky et al, 1954Zobrisky et al, , 1958Gnaedinger et al, 1963;Doornenbal, 1961) have described relationships between physical and chemical measurements of the pig.…”

Growth, cellular development of skeletal muscle and body composition of rats selected for post weaning gain

“…Similar findings have been well documented in other experiments involving various species of animals (Bobbins et al, 1974;Reid, 1971;Gnaedinger et al, 1963).…”

“…Num erous research investigators have reported that lipid and water within ingesta-free bodies of animals are negatively correlated and percent lipid can be predicted from the per cent water (Reid, 1971;Gnaedinger et al, 1963? Bobbins et al, 1974.…”

Effect of Plane of Nutrition, Sex and Bodyweight on the Chemical Composition of Yorkshire Pigs

“…Likewise, the chemical analyses of all or some parts of animals or carcasses have been used to validate various indirect methods of estimating body composition (Morales et al, 1945;Messinger and Steele, 1949;Kraybill et al, 1953;Doornenbal, 1961;Osinska, 1962;and Gnaedinger et al, 1963). However, the chemical composition of fullvs.…”