Effect of breed on production traits of performance tested boars
2005
Mijatovic, M., Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia) | Petrovic, M., Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia) | Jokic, Z., Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia) | Radojkovic, D., Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia)
The basic goal of the investigations was to establish differences among boars of three different swine breeds for production traits registered in performance test under conditions of a central test station. The investigation encompassed 473 Large White, 129 Swedish Landrace, and 136 Hampshire animals. The hypophysis of the effect of breed on variation of production traits was tested using the last squares method (Harvey, 1987). The effect of breed was highly significant for growth and feed efficiency traits, but not for daily feed intake. Body composition traits did not vary due to effect of breed, except backfat thickness between 3rd and 4th last ribs. Hampshire boars had the lowest weigh gain, poorer feed efficiency and least desirable body composition traits.
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