The mean age of the animals was 14 months and
the mean weight before the slaughter was 150 kg. Animals from
the three feeding regimes established, i.e. ‘‘Bellota”, ‘‘Recebo” and
‘‘Cebo” were included. During the last growing period, the feeding
regime of the animals was controlled by trained personnel from
the PDO ‘‘Pedroches”.The animals were left to stand 24 h before
the slaughter. Carbon dioxide stunning was used.
Five analysis modes were evaluated for each animal/sample: