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The effects of sire type and company source on litter productivity and pig growth performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

A J Kempster ,
A P Landon ,
D G Evans  and
D E Steane
A J Kempster
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission, PO Box 44, Winterhill House, Snowdon Drive, Milton Keynes, MK6 1AX
A P Landon
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission, PO Box 44, Winterhill House, Snowdon Drive, Milton Keynes, MK6 1AX
D G Evans
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission, PO Box 44, Winterhill House, Snowdon Drive, Milton Keynes, MK6 1AX
D E Steane
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission, PO Box 44, Winterhill House, Snowdon Drive, Milton Keynes, MK6 1AX
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Major changes have taken place in the British pig slaughter population over the past 10 years. There has been a dramatic change in average fatness, entire males have almost replaced castrated males and specialist Meat Sire lines are having an increasingly significant effect. MLC's First Stotfold Trial was carried out to examine the effects of these various factors and provide a database of information for decision-making by the major breeding companies and the industry as a whole.

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Carcass and Meat Quality in Pigs
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1990 , March 1990 , pp. 19
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1990

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meat and livestock commission, 1989. Stotfold Pig Development Unit, First Trial Results. MLC, Milton Keynes, Bucks.Google Scholar