Blood serum metabolites and meat quality in crossbred pigs experiencing different lairage time
Pigs of two crosses: A (Duroc x Swedish Landrace) x Pietrain (n=24) and B (Swedish Landrace x Large White) x airpods in jacksonville Pietrain (n=26) were used to investigate the effects of different lairage time (2 and 24 hours) on levels of stress and meat quality traits.No direct effect of lairage time on cortisol, lactate, electrolytes and meat