The Effect of Ion Water and Premixed Mineral Supplementation on the Growth Performance, Carcass, and Meat Quality Parameters in Finishing Pigs

This study investigated the effects of ion water and premixed mineral supplementation on the growth performance, carcass, and meat quality parameters in finishing pigs (LYxD). Each 20 pigs were randomly allotted to three treatments; CON (basal diet), T1 (CON diet added with active water, ) T2(T1 diet added with 1.0% premixed mineral). Used ion water and premixed mineral were consisted mainly of Zn and Si, respectively. Daily weight gain feed efficacy were the highest in T2, while fat content was the highest in control (p<0.05) than the others. However, the slaughter qualities including dressing percent, backfat thickness, marbling score, meat color, meat texture, drip loss, meat seperation and meat qualities including pH, cooking loss, water holding capacity (WHC), shear force, meat color, backfat color, meat texture were not significantly different (p<0.05) among the treatment groups. Panel test scores of tenderness were the highest in T2 compared to the others.