Studies on Some Genetic And Non-Genetic Factors Affecting Carcass Traits In Pigs
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1994
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Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi
Abstract
1. Genetic group had highly significant effect on all the carcass traits under study.
2. In general, Hampshire was superior in respect to most of the carcass traits than those of other two exotic breeds (LVY and LR) followed by T X D, LMY half breds and Desi.
3. Age and weight had significant influence on almost all the carcase traits,
4 Although sex had non-significant influence on most of the carcass traitc but females were elightly superior than males in almost all the caroase traite,
5.The animal kept on concentrate feed were superior to animal reared on hotel wastes concentrate feed followed by animal maintained on kitchen want+ grazing.