Influence of genotype on meat qualities of pigs

Abstract

Genetic research made it possible to detect the degree of
heritability of economic characters as well as their
correlation under certain conditions of swine feeding and
maintenance. Knowing and using these characters in
selection and breeding work allows us to improve breeds
in the desirable direction of productivity.It is practically
impossible to divide the characters into those which
depend on inner factors or on environmental conditions
only. But the degree of effect produced by all of them on
formation of certain animal qualities in the process of development can be detected. That is particularly
important as far as the characters conditioning productive
qualities of animals are concerned.The data of the
research conducted confirm that when with the same live
weight, Poltava meaty pigs, Large White and Mirgorod
pigs had different slaughter and meaty qualities under the
same feeding and maintenance conditions.