Article
Genetic parameters for feed efficiency traits and their relationships with growth and carcass traits in Duroc pigs.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Jun 2007
Hoque M A, Suzuki K, Kadowaki H, Shibata T, Oikawa T
Abstract excerpt
Genetic parameters for feed efficiency traits of 380 boars and growth and carcass traits of 1642 pigs (380 boars, 868 gilts and 394 barrows) in seven generations of Duroc population were estimated. Feed efficiency traits included the feed conversion ratio (FCR), and nutritional (RFI(nut)), phenotypic (RFI(phe)) and genetic (RFI(gen)) residual feed intake. Growth and carcass traits were the age to reach 105-kg...
Topics
- Animal Feed
- Animals
- Body Composition
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Male
- Swine
- Weight Gain
