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Production Properties of the Black Slavonian Pig Breed

The paper discusses the situation in the endangered autochtonous Black Slavonian Breed, developd in Croatia. A program for preserving this breed was initiated in 1996, which allowed the size of effective population (Ne) to grow from 18.46 do 32.32. Production properties of the Black Slavonian Breed are presented, i.e. litter size and fattening properties. According to the obtained results, production properties of this breed are rather limited. The number of liveborn ane reared pigs per litter is 6.89 and 5.76 respectively. Under extensive conditions of fattening, daily gain in body wass starting in 27.20 and reaching 106.05 kg was 478 g, meat percentage being 42.95%.

pig; autochtonous breed; Black Slavonian breed; productionproperties; litter size; daily gain; meat percentage.

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