Carcass and meat quality traits of commercial crossbred pigs which came from two
Duroc sire lines were investigated. New and old Duroc sire lines were used to produce threeway
cross-bred commercial finishing pigs (Duroc x Large White x Landrace). Five castrated
male and five female pigs from each pig sire line were selected and slaughtered. The carcass
and meat quality traits were measured and analysed. The offsprings from imported Duroc sire
line had significantly lower cold carcass percentage and body fat percentage, but significantly
higher bone percentage than those from in-country herd Duroc sire line. There was not
significantly difference in meat quality traits between two sire lines. Castrated male pigs had
higher marbling score than females.