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Influence of heavy slaughter weights on growth and carcass characteristics of pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

M. Ellis  and
P.J. Avery
M. Ellis
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
P.J. Avery
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
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Slaughter weights for pigs in the United Kingdom have traditionally been much lower than those in most other European countries and in North America. For example, in 1988 average carcass weights in the UK were around 64 kg compared to 72 kg in Denmark, 80 kg in Holland and over 105 kg in Italy. Currently, there is considerable interest within the BritisTi pig industry in heavier slaughter weights for pigs to exploit potential advantages in reducing fixed costs of production per unit of output. A research programme is currently being undertaken at this centre to investigate the potential for increasing slaughter weight and results from the first two studies undertaken are reported here.

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Pig Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1990 , March 1990 , pp. 83
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1990

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