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

作     者：Adeniyi Charles Adeola Saidu O. Oseni Ofelia Galma Omitogun 

作者机构：Department of Animal Sciences Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Nigeria 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Animal Sciences》 (动物科学期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2013年第3卷第3期

页      面：230-235页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Nigerian Indigenous Pigs Live Weight Morphological Descriptors Relationship 

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;