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Quality traits of semimembranosus (SM), gluteus medius (GM) and dorsal subcutaneous fat (DSF) were studied in Alentejano (AL), B\u00edsaro (BI), AL \u00d7 BI, and BI \u00d7 AL (Ribatejano\u2014RI) castrated male pigs. Pigs were reared outdoors, fed ad libitum, and slaughtered at ~65 (trial 1) and 150 kg BW (trial 2). In trial 1, AL pigs showed higher SM intramuscular fat, lower total collagen, and higher soluble collagen than BI pigs, while AL \u00d7 BI and BI \u00d7 AL pigs showed intermediate (NS) values. AL, AL \u00d7 BI, and BI \u00d7 AL pigs showed higher SM myoglobin content, and AL a more intense red colour than BI pigs. Finally, AL, AL \u00d7 BI, and BI \u00d7 AL showed higher total lipids in DSF than BI pigs. In trial 2, SM and DSF results were similar to those obtained in trial 1. In GM, AL and BI \u00d7 AL showed higher intramuscular fat than BI and AL \u00d7 BI pigs, while AL, AL \u00d7 BI and BI \u00d7 AL showed lower total collagen content than BI pigs. In conclusion, these results suggest that RI crosses are a productive alternative, with overall muscle and DSF traits statistically not different between AL \u00d7 BI and BI \u00d7 AL, and similar to those observed in AL pigs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani10050905","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,25]],"date-time":"2020-05-25T11:42:02Z","timestamp":1590406922000},"page":"905","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Portuguese Local Pig Breeds: Genotype Effects on Meat and Fat Quality Traits"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3616-8406","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9 Manuel","family":"Martins","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"MED\u2014Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development &amp; Departamento de Zootecnia, Escola de Ci\u00eancias e Tecnologia, Universidade de \u00c9vora, 7006-554 \u00c9vora, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Rita","family":"Fialho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MED\u2014Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Universidade de \u00c9vora, 7006-554 \u00c9vora, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1189-9803","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andr\u00e9","family":"Albuquerque","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MED\u2014Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Universidade de \u00c9vora, 7006-554 \u00c9vora, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Neves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MED\u2014Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development &amp; Departamento de Zootecnia, Escola de Ci\u00eancias e Tecnologia, Universidade de \u00c9vora, 7006-554 \u00c9vora, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Amadeu","family":"Freitas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MED\u2014Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development &amp; Departamento de Zootecnia, Escola de Ci\u00eancias e Tecnologia, Universidade de \u00c9vora, 7006-554 \u00c9vora, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Tirapicos Nunes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MED\u2014Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development &amp; Departamento de Medicina Veterin\u00e1ria, Escola de Ci\u00eancias e Tecnologia, Universidade de \u00c9vora, 7006-554 \u00c9vora, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3597-6746","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rui","family":"Charneca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MED\u2014Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development &amp; Departamento de Medicina Veterin\u00e1ria, Escola de Ci\u00eancias e Tecnologia, Universidade de \u00c9vora, 7006-554 \u00c9vora, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"202","DOI":"10.1111\/asj.12878","article-title":"Meat and nutritional quality comparison of purebred and crossbred pigs","volume":"89","author":"Zhang","year":"2018","journal-title":"Anim. 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