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HEREDITAS ›› 2009, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (7): 713-718.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1005.2009.00713

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Effects of H-FABP gene polymorphisms and nutritional factors on pork quality

LI Chang-Long1, 2;SA Xiao-Ying2;MENG He1;PAN Yu-Chun1   

  1. 1. Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture & Biology, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai 201101, China;
    2. Zhejiang Academy of Medical Science & Zhejiang Center of Laboratory Animals, Hangzhou 310013, China
  • Received:2008-11-14 Revised:2009-05-04 Online:2009-07-10 Published:2009-07-10
  • Contact: PAN Yu-Chun

Abstract: Pork quality is affected by both genetic and nutritional factors. However, few researches focused simultane-ously on the effects of these two kinds of factors. In order to study the co-effects of these two kinds of factors simultane-ously, we implemented this experiment, 136 PIC hybrid pigs with about 65 kg body weight were randomly divided into 4 groups; each group was fed with a different kind of rations. After 35 days of feeding, the pigs were slaughtered at about 95 kg body weight and the pork quality was evaluated. Then the polymorphism of H-FABP gene was analyzed and an associa-tion analysis was conducted. The results are as follows: (1) feed ingredient has very significant effect on meat color (MC), pH24, intramuscular fat (IMF, %), and intramuscular protein (IMP, %); (2) H-FABP gene polymorphism has very significant effect on IMF (%) and IMP (%); (3) the interaction between gene and feed ingredient has significant effect on pH and IMF (%), and pH and IMF (%) were the highest for AA genotype in group 0 and group 1, respectively. These results suggest that both genetic and nutritional factors should be concerned in the improvement of pork quality.