Phenotypic characterization of naturalized swine breeds in Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia

McManus, Concepta; Paiva, Samuel Rezende; Silva, Alva Vanessa Rezende; Murata, Luci Sayori; Louvandini, Hélder; Cubillos, Glória Patrícia Barrera; Castro, Gustavo; Martínez, Rodrigo; Dellacasa, Maria Sílvia Llambi; Pérez, Juan Esteban

doi:10.1590/s1516-89132010000300011

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“…The traits selected as indicators of bone growth included head (HL) and snout length (SnL) as well as shoulder height (SH). The other traits measured included body length (BL), dorsal-sternal distance (DsD), ear length (EL), chest perimeter (CP), interschiadic distance (IqD), interorbital distance (IoD), hip length (HpL), longitudinal distance (LD), shoulder length (SL), tail length (TL), and bicostal diameter (BD) according to McManus et al (1) and described below (Table 1). However, not all traits were measured in all breeds due management issues.…”

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“…These animals may have different names, but similar characteristics depending on the region where they are found, making it difficult to identify a breed standard. Similarly, little is known about the production, economic importance and geographical distribution of these animals (1) . Knowledge on the genetics, morphology, growth potential, and yield characteristics of a breed is essential to establish a rational production system (2) .…”

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Allometric Growth in Brazilian Naturalized Pigs

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The allometric growth of male and female naturalized pig breeds (Nilo, Piau, Moura, and Monteiro) was evaluated regarding hip height, snout length, and head length using the allometric equation. Body measurements generally show later growth in relation to the snout length and earlier growth in relation to the head length and hip height. When comparing breeds of pigs, female Moura animals showed later growth of the characteristics linked to muscle (thoracic circumference, body length, and longitudinal diameter) than of head length. Nilo females showed characteristics such as shoulder length, rump length and interschiadic distance earlier than snout length. There were differences between the breed and gender in terms of development times for the different parts of the body, showing that breeding systems and use of these animals have to be specific for each breed.

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“…There is a deficiency of knowledge about the geographic distributions, representation, economic importance and production of local swine breeds in general, and only a few studies have been performed on the diversity of local swine breeds in South America (McManus et al, 2010). Mariante et al (2003) reported that the potential of local Brazilian pig breeds has yet to be fully explored, especially with respect to characteristics related to rusticity, adaptability and disease resistance.…”

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Using pedigree analysis to monitor the local Piau pig breed conservation program

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“…From the results for body weight and length, height at withers and chest girth, it is seems that the TP breed belongs to the type of medium-sized pig breeds, with generally smaller body frame (e.g. around 17 % lower height at withers and nearly 18 % smaller chest girth) compared to modern breeds like Landrace or Duroc (McManus et al 2010). In addition, some of the morphological features, like the longer head and ears, indicate a primitive breed's type, as it was previously discussed by Đikić et al (2007).…”

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Parâmetros morfológicos e reprodutivos de porcas reprodutoras da raça Turopolje: uma avaliação preliminar

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POSTER AdditionAl keywords Body weight. Body length. Age at first farrowing. Litter size. Weaned piglets. sUMMAryThe Turopolje pig (TP) is an endangered Croatian autochthonous breed. This preliminary study aimed to determine the morphological and reproductive traits of TP breeding sows reared extensively in a traditional outdoor system. Body measurements were performed on a total of 40 sows, while reproductive data for 34 (out of 40) sows were collected from the available records in the TP breed Herdbook. The mean (±standard deviation) age and body weight of sows were 67.5±26.0 months and 96.6±18.4 kg, respectively. The mean height at withers and rumps were 65.2±2.8 cm and 68.4±2.9 cm, respectively, while the average chest girth was 111.2±10.4 cm. Average lengths of the body, head, ear and tail were 126.0±6.5 cm, 27.0±0.90 cm, 22.5±8.3 cm and 29.9±2.01 cm, respectively. The mean age at first farrowing was 23.3±5.7 months. The average number of piglets born alive was 4.47±1.96, of which 3.08±2.17 were weaned. It is concluded that the analysed population of TP breeding sows showed a typical morphology, with smaller body frame compared to modern breeds and generally low prolificacy. However, a high variability of reproductive traits indicates that improvements are possible, primarily through better management of sows.inforMAtion Cronología del artículo.Recibido/

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Phenotypic characterization of naturalized swine breeds in Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia

Abstract: Morphometric data was collected on 859 naturalized swine in Brazil (Piau, Tatu, Nilo, Caruncho, Casco de Burro, Moura, Monteiro and Rabo de Peixe), Colombia (Criolla Zungo, Sanpedreño and Casco de Mula)

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Allometric Growth in Brazilian Naturalized Pigs

Allometric Growth in Brazilian Naturalized Pigs

Using pedigree analysis to monitor the local Piau pig breed conservation program

Parâmetros morfológicos e reprodutivos de porcas reprodutoras da raça Turopolje: uma avaliação preliminar

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