Phenotypic and Morphometric Characterization of Local, Improved and Pietrain Stress-Negative Pigs and the Products of their Crossbreeding in Benin
Phenotypic and Morphometric Characterization of Local, Improved and Pietrain Stress-Negative Pigs and the Products of their Crossbreeding in Benin
Constant Boris Bankole1, Ignace Ogoudanan Dotche1*, Serge Gbênagnon Ahounou1, Mahamadou Dahouda2, Issaka Youssao Abdou Karim1, Marcel Senou2
Principal component analysis of morphometric measurements of different pig genotypes.
Spatial distribution of phenotypic traits in improved, local, Pietrain, PiXIm (improved female x negative stress Pietrain male) and PiXLo (local female x negative stress Pietrain male) pigs; Hstiffr: straight hair; Hshort: short hair; Hlong: long hair; Hdense: dense hair; Hsparse: sparse hair; Slong: long, thin snout; Sshort: short, cylindrical snout; Uni: Uniform coat pattern; Pie: piebald coat pattern; Mottled: spotted coat pattern; White: white coat; Black: black coat; Red: Red coat; Concave: concave head profile; Straight: straight head profile; Short: short head profile; OrSeT: semi-drooping ear; OrTom: drooping ear; OrDreS: upright ear; OoAV: forward-facing ear; OrAR: rear-facing ear; OrHA: upward-facing ear; Smooth: smooth skin; Wrinkled: wrinkled skin; QuDR: straight tail; QuTB: corkscrew tail; Straight: straight topline; Ensille: enseled topline.
Pietrain (a); improved (b) and local (c) pigs.
Pietrain-local sow crossbred pig (a); Pietrain-improved (b).
