Morphological characterization of indigenous and crossbred pigs in rural and peri-urban areas of southwestern Nigeria

• 作者: Adeniyi Charles Adeola Ofelia Galma Omitogun Saidu O. Oseni
• 来源期刊: 动物科学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: NIGERIAN Indigenous PIGS LIVE Weight MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTORS Relationship
• 年，卷（期）: dwkxqkyw_2013,（3）
• 页码范围: 230-235
• 页数: 6页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

We sought to determine morphological descriptors of Nigerian indigenous pigs (NIP) and crossbred pigs (CBP) based on relationships among live weight (LW) and a suite of 18 morphometric measurements plus the number of teats. We sampled four locations in southwestern Nigeria and obtained data for a total of 120 NIP and CBP. More female pigs (61.7%) than males (38.3%) were sampled, and they had a mean live weight of 19.9 ± 6.10 kg (range 9 - 32 kg) and 20.1 ± 6.08 kg (range 8 - 37 kg), respectively. The NIP had a longer snout, wider head and longer erect ears than CBP (P 2) of 0.97, 0.92, 0.96, 0.97, 0.91, 0.97, 0.97, 0.90, and 0.93, respectively (all P 2 = 0.93;P 2 = 0.96;P 2 = 0.84;P 2 = 0.94;P