Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate carcass characteristics and meat quality of surgically castrated and immunocastrated male pigs. Data were collected from 24 surgically castrated pigs and 24 immunocastrated male entire originating from the commercial line (Agroceres x Topigs), receiving isonutritive diets and were housed in the same experimental shed, slaughtered at 177 days old, with a slaughter weight of 127.8 (± 6.5) and 135.1 (± 7.8) kg, respectively. Carcass and meat quality characteristics such as carcass yield, lean meat yield, fat content, backfat thickness, muscle depth, pH, meat coloring and, drip, thawing and cooking loss, were evaluated. Immunocastrated pigs have heavier carcass, higher meat yield and lower fat thickness when compared to surgically castrated animals. Regarding meat quality, the immunocastrated presented a lighter meat, less reddness and less water holding capacity. In conclusion, this study confirmed that the carcass of male pigs, submitted immunocastration, has lower yield, however, more meat and less fat content, when compared to carcass of male pigs surgically castrated. Meat quality showed peculiar characteristics for immunocastrated pigs, and can be used more for sausage production, since it retains less water and have smaller redness color compared to surgically castrated pigs.

O presente trabalho objetivou estudar o uso de biofilmes de fécula de mandioca, na conservação pós-colheita de morango, armazenados em condição ambiente (21ºC; 64,5% UR). O delineamento experimental utilizado foi inteiramente casualizado, com análise de regressão, com 3 repetições, constituindo dos seguintes tratamentos: testemunha, 1, 2, 3, 4 e 5% de revestimento com biofilme de fécula de mandioca. Foram avaliados 540 frutos durante 10 dias, determinado perda de peso, análise sensorial, aspecto visual (cor e textura). Verificou que houve diminuição da perda de peso nos tratamentos com 1, 2 e 3% de biofilme e aumento de textura, prolongando em até 5 vezes a vida pós-colheita dos frutos. Na análise sensorial não foi detectado sabor e aroma estranho em todos os tratamentos.

The objetive of this research was to check the utilization of fecula film to postharvest conservation of strawberry fruits were stored in ambient temperature (21ºC; 64,5% RH). It was set out in a system randomized complete test with 2 factors and submited to Tukey test. In following, the fruits were submited by six differents treatments: 1) control (without film); 2) 1% fecula film; 3) 2% fecula film; 4) 3% fecula film; 5) 4% fecula film; 5) 5% fecula film. The valuation were done by 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 days about weight loss, sensorial evaluation and quality visual (color and texture). At the end of 10 days the following was observed; smaller weight loss in the treatment with 1, 2 and 3% fecula film, and higher texture, increasing in until 5 times the postharvest life in the fruits. The result from the sensorial evaluation showed that no differences were noted.