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Comparison of crossbred and purebred boars for progeny growth and carcass merit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

B. W. Kennedy  and
P. D. Conlon
B. W. Kennedy
Affiliation:
Macdonald College of McGill University, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada HOA 1CO
P. D. Conlon
Affiliation:
Macdonald College of McGill University, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada HOA 1CO
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Abstract

Progeny tests of three Hampshire × Duroc, three Hampshire, three Duroc and five Landrace boars were performed to compare the use of crossbred and purebred boars producing pigs, intended for slaughter. Boars were double-mated to Landrace sows, and 830 sire-identified pigs from 92 double-mated litters were farrowed. Significant (P < 0·05) breed of boar effects were observed for birth weight, 21-day weight, daily gain from 56 days to slaughter and age at slaughter, but breed of boar differences for 56-day weight, backfat depth, killing-out percentage and carcass index were not significant. Progeny of the Hampshire × Duroc crossbred performed similarly to pigs sired by purebred Hampshire and Duroc boars. Progeny performance of the Hampshire × Duroc and Duroc boars was almost identical for daily gain, age at slaughter, backfat depth and carcass index. Hampshire-sired pigs grew slightly faster, but progeny of Hampshire × Duroc boars had higher killing-out percentages than either Hampshire- or Duroc-sired pigs. Purebred Landrace pigs were slower growing, had more backfat and lower carcass indexes than crossbred pigs sired by either the Hampshire × Duroc, Hampshire or Duroc boars.

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Animal Production , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , August 1978 , pp. 29 - 34
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1978

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