In earlier blogs I talked about how market hogs are used for shows and how they are sold for their meat. Why is porcine stress syndrome so important when it comes to pigs? Every time a pig undergoes PSS it affects the quality of their meat. A pigs meat can shrink up to seven percent when it undergoes stress giving us poor quality meat. Stress can also cause meat to lose its ability to hold water giving the meat a grayish color. If pigs are undergoing porcine stress syndrome before being slaughtered why isn’t anyone trying to change it?
Why should porcine stress syndrome be important to others? Well, poor quality meat can not only harm our source of meat but can also cause sickness. You should care about what meat is being provided to our citizens. What would we do without pork? Pork is one of the cheapest meats on the market today. With the poor economy people can’t afford to be eating steaks and chicken every night. If the issue of porcine stress syndrome doesn’t get taken care of pork might not be know of in the near future. Another thought is that if there is very little quantity, will the prices of pork go up?
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