- 112 Farm Road
- Hsinhus, Tainan 71210 Taiwan
- Republic of China
- Tel: 886-6-5911211
- Fax: 886-6-5911210
Visible Characteristics
Growth Performance | Mean ± SD |
Birth weight | 0.8±0.2 Kg |
Body weight at 3-week of age | 3.0±0.6 Kg |
Body weight at 8-week of age | 10.1±2.2 Kg |
Body weight at 6-month of age | 48.0±10.9 Kg |
Body weight at 1-year of age | 94.6±14.5 Kg |
Survival rate at 3-week of age | 84% |
Survival rate at 8-week of age | 79% |
Backfat thickness at 90 Kg alive wt. | 4.19±0.12 cm |
Feed conversion from 30 to 90 Kg BW | 4.59±0.18 Feed/Gain |
Dressing percentage | 81% |
Lean percentage | 40% |
Reproductive | |
Performance | Mean ± SE |
Gestation length | 116±1 days |
Number of teats at left | 5.9±0.7 teats |
Number of teats at rigth | 6.0±0.6 teats |
Frquency for pigs with ≧12 teats | 19.2 % |
Litter size at birth | 11.3±2.8 heads |
Sex ratio at birth(male:female) | 1.13 : 1.00 |
Litter size born alive | 8.6±2.9 heads |
Litter size at 3-week of age | 7.2±2.7 heads |
Litter size at 8-week of age | 6.8±2.6 heads |
Conformation | |
Measurements | Mean ± SE |
Body length(the distance from the | 113.3±7.8 cm |
middle point between two earheads | |
to tailhead) | |
Withers height(the distance from | 58.0±3.7 cm |
shoulder-blades to ground) | |
Chest girth(the circumference of chest | 103.3±6.6 cm |
which measured over back shoulder and | |
foreflank) | |
Rump width(the widest area over the | 28.1±2.2 cm rump) |
Number of ribs | 13 or 14 pairs |