Comparison of fattening performances of Large White, Belgian Landrace and Cross-Bred pigs
J.
LOUGNONA. E.
C.,
Société de Chimieorganique
etbiologique,
03600Commentvy
A
single
feed( 3
300digestible kcal,
x!.5 p. 100of crudeprotein)
wasgiven
ad libitum topigs weighing
between 20and 95kg.
The animals were eitherLarge
White(LW)
orBelgian
Landvace(LB)
or Cross-Bred(CR) (half
castratedmales,
halffemales).
The
daily
mean intake of the females was io p. 100lower than that of the males. The LBpigs
consumed 5 p. ioo less feed than theLW,
and the CR 5 p. ioo more. The LB reached gokg
7
days
later and the CR 16days
earlier than the L W. Feedefficiency
was thehighest
in the CRpigs
and the lowest in the LBpigs.
As
regards body composition,
carcasses of the females were of betterquality
than those of the castrated males(loin/backfat
ratio : +3 8
p.ioo).
Ascompared
withLW,
this ratio was27 p. ioo
higher
in CR and 50 p. ioohigher
in LB. When fed ad libitum and on a freechoice,
a cereal-based diet
( 9 - 5
p. xoo of crudeprotein)
and acomplementary
feed( 50
p. 100 of crudeprotein),
LW and LBpigs (castrated
males andfemales)
consumed a ration theprotein
level ofwhich
gradually
decreased from about 20p. ioo at 30kg
liveweight,
to x! p. 100in LB of bothsexes and in LW females and to 12.5 p. 100in castrated LW after 60
kg
liveweight.
Factors affecting selection of boars in
aclosed line with
alow degree of inbreeding
J.
NAVEAUInstitut
Technique
du Porc, Service Selection.149,
rue deBercy,
75579 Paris Cedex 12The aim of this
study
was to establish a programme for the selection and utilization of boars in a closed line with a lowdegree
ofinbreeding.
If we admit that it is necessary to have at
least ! 4 boars
on servicesimultaneously,
thisstudy
may lead to the
following simple
rule :Every
21days,
selection of a new young boar and elimination of the boar which hasalreadyperformed
thegreatest
number of services.On condition of an