Hot carcass weight (AUSMEAT Trim 13; head off, fore trotters off, hind trotters on; AUS-MEAT Ltd.,South Brisbans, Qld, Australia) and P2 backfat depth, 65 mm from the dorsal midline at the point of the last rib
(PorkScan Pty Ltd., Canberra) were measured approximately 35 min after exsanguination, prior to chiller entry (2๐c, airspeed 4 m/second).