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Relationships between chemical and physical body composition in two lines of Large White pigs at five feeding levels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

A.J. Rook ,
M. Ellis ,
C.T. Whittemore  and
P. Phillips
A.J. Rook
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
M. Ellis
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
C.T. Whittemore
Affiliation:
Edinburgh School of Agriculture, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG
P. Phillips
Affiliation:
ARC Unit of Statistics, J.C.M.B. Kings Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ
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The ARC Nutrient Requirement of Pigs (1981) has highlighted a shortage of information which would allow factorial estimates of chemical body composition to be related to physical carcase composition and commercial grading characteristics. The present study aimed to provide estimates of these relationships.

Data related to weights of total carcass lean (Le), total carcass fat (TF), subcutaneous fat (SF), intermuscular fat (IF), total carcass bone (B), whole body crude protein (P), Lipid (Li), Ash (A) and Water (W) and backfat depths (P2, L2, shouTder(sh)) of 231 Newcastle selected (S) and control (C) boars.

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Body Composition
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1984 , March 1984 , pp. 37
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1984

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ARC 1981 The Nutrient Requirements of Pigs, London, C.A.B. Google Scholar
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