Meat percentage in purebred Duroc is low compared to many
other breeds. That is the reason why it is a normal practice in meat
production in Finland to use Duroc–Landrace boars instead of purebred
Duroc. That is why it also was done similarly in this study
where the purpose was to compare pigs used in Finnish pork production.
The focus was on the percentage of the loin in the carcass, the
cross-sectional area of loin as well as the cross-sectional area of the
muscle fibres, loin colour lightness and redness, pH of the loin and
the ratio of water to protein in the loin.