North Carolina Pork Council Report: Genetic selection criteria and management practices that improve productivity and pig value of below average birth weight piglets

This project included three experiments conducted over a two year time frame. 1. Genetic relationship between individual piglet birth weight and performance traits. 2. Effect of piglet birth weight on body weight, growth, backfat, muscle, survival and quality of commercial market swine. 3. Effect of piglet birth weight on efficiency of commercial market swine. Complete results of these trials can be found in the doctoral dissertation…