The potential use of the Belgian Landrace and Pietrain breeds in Thailand
Pig breeding is an important sector of the Thai Agriculture and Thailand could become a leading exporter of pigs and pork products. Large scale units are numerous ; they grow pigs, sell the feed and piglets to small farms. To improve the productive and reproductive traits, crossbreeding is a common...
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doaj-596c0b21a0644966a24fe405261f5db92020-11-25T04:02:07ZengPresses Agronomiques de GemblouxTropicultura0771-33121985-01-01325153The potential use of the Belgian Landrace and Pietrain breeds in ThailandLeroy, P.Pig breeding is an important sector of the Thai Agriculture and Thailand could become a leading exporter of pigs and pork products. Large scale units are numerous ; they grow pigs, sell the feed and piglets to small farms. To improve the productive and reproductive traits, crossbreeding is a common practice and due to the development of a conformation scale, a financial advantage is observed for pigs of higher quality. Due to their frequency of high conformation grades, Pietrain and Belgian Landrace are to be recommanded in a national pig breeding program in Thailand.http://www.tropicultura.org/text/v3n2/51.pdf |
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The potential use of the Belgian Landrace and Pietrain breeds in Thailand |
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The potential use of the Belgian Landrace and Pietrain breeds in Thailand |
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The potential use of the Belgian Landrace and Pietrain breeds in Thailand |
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The potential use of the Belgian Landrace and Pietrain breeds in Thailand |
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The potential use of the Belgian Landrace and Pietrain breeds in Thailand |
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potential use of the belgian landrace and pietrain breeds in thailand |
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Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux |
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Tropicultura |
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Pig breeding is an important sector of the Thai Agriculture and Thailand could become a leading exporter of pigs and pork products. Large scale units are numerous ; they grow pigs, sell the feed and piglets to small farms. To improve the productive and reproductive traits, crossbreeding is a common practice and due to the development of a conformation scale, a financial advantage is observed for pigs of higher quality. Due to their frequency of high conformation grades, Pietrain and Belgian Landrace are to be recommanded in a national pig breeding program in Thailand. |
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