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An experiment on the selection of bacon pigs by high and low carcass densities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

R. W. Hale
R. W. Hale
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland and Queen's University of Belfast‡
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Summary

Selection based on average carcass densities of sibs was effective in breeding for leanness and for fatness in Large White pigs. Four herds were established for the five-year experiment, in which 615 pigs were slaughtered at bacon weights. Responses were obtained with both feeding to appetite and restricted feeding, but it was not possible to decide which was the preferable method.

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Research Article
Information
Animal Production , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , November 1970 , pp. 651 - 660
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1970

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