Effect of sire breed and rearing system on growth, carcass composition and meat traits of Cinta Senese crossbred pigs

Effect of sire breed and rearing system on growth, carcass composition and meat traits of Cinta Senese crossbred pigs

The objective of this work was to evaluate, under indoors and outdoors rearing, the effect of crossing Cinta Senese (CS) with Italian Large White (ILW) and Italian Duroc (ID) breeds. Starting from 72 d of age, 9 CS, 8 ILWxCS and 7 IDxCS were reared outdoors (OUT) in 3 paddocks of 2 ha and 8 CS, 10 I...

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Main Authors: Riccardo Bozzi, Gustavo Campodoni, Anna Acciaioli, Francesco Sirtori, Alessandro Crovetti, Carolina Pugliese, David Meo Zilio, Oreste Franci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2011-10-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
Subjects:
Cinta Senese pig, Crossbreeding, Rearing system, Carcass composition, Meat quality.
Online Access:http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/2277

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