In order to explore the effect of gender on pork quality attributes, the physicochemical properties of longissimus dorsi muscle of barrows and gilts were determined. The results showed that gender obviously affected pork quality attributes. The water content of longissimus dorsi muscle of barrows was lower than that of gilts(74.40 % vs. 75.16%), but its fat content was approximately 2.5 times higher than that of gilts. longissimus dorsi muscle of barrows had higher pH at 24 h post-mortem(5.85 vs. 5.66) and ...