Growth, carcass and meat quality performance of crossbred pigs with graded proportions of Meishan genes

Growth, carcass and meat quality traits were measured in 2 different experimental herds on male and female pigs produced from matings between Pietrain boars and 12 genetic types of sows with graded proportions of Large White (LW) and Meishan (MS) genes. Growth records (from 30-100 kg liveweight) wer...

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Veröffentlicht in:Genetics selection evolution (Paris) 1993, Vol.25 (1), p.83-99
Hauptverfasser: Bidanel, Jean Pierre, Caritez, J Claude, Gruand, Joseph, Legault, Christian
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Zusammenfassung:Growth, carcass and meat quality traits were measured in 2 different experimental herds on male and female pigs produced from matings between Pietrain boars and 12 genetic types of sows with graded proportions of Large White (LW) and Meishan (MS) genes. Growth records (from 30-100 kg liveweight) were obtained on ad libitum feeding on a total of 1 640 pigs, among which 1 200 were submitted to carcass evaluation and meat quality measurements. Genetic type mean performance essentially varied according to the relative proportions of MS and LW genes in the dam and could hence be characterized by a single parameter, difference in crossbreeding (formula, see attached document), which measures the difference between MS and LW breeds used as dam breeds. Differences in crossbreeding were unfavourable to MS for all growth and carcass traits. Average estimates of (formula, see attached document) were -71±16 g/d; 0.21±0.07; -2.4±0.3% ; -9.0±0.5% for average daily gain (ADG) feed conversion ratio, killing out percentage and estimated carcass lean content (% M), respectively. However, significant herd differences were observed for ADG and %M. The 2 herd estimates were -51± 16 g/d and -92±30 g/d for ADG, -7.3±0.6% and - 10.7±1.5%, for %M. Conversely, differences in crossbreeding for meat quality traits were in favour of MS, with an advantage of 1.1 ± 0.4 point in meat quality index over LW, ie one third of a phenotypic standard deviation. Des performances de croissance, de carcasse et de qualité de la viande ont été mesurées dans2 élevages expérimentaux sur des porcs mâles et femelles issus d’accouplements entre des verrats Piétrain et 12 types génétiques de femelles comportant des proportions variables de gènes Large White (LW) et Meishan (MS). Le contrôle de croissance (de 30 à 100 kg de poids vif) a été réalisé en alimentation à volonté sur un total de 1 6/0 porcs, dont 1200 ont fait l’objet d’une évaluation de la qualité de la carcasse et de la viande. Les performances moyennes des différents types génétiques varient essentiellement en fonction des proportions relatives de gènes MS et LW chez la mère et peuvent donc être caractérisées par un paramètre unique, la différence en croisement (formule, voir document attaché) qui mesure l’écart entre les races MS et LW utilisées comme mères des produits terminaux. Les différences en croisement sont en défaveur de la MS pour l’ensemble des caractères de croissance et de carcasse. Les estimations moyennes de (formule, voir doc
ISSN:0999-193X
1297-9686
DOI:10.1051/gse:19930106