Effect of Age of Male at Castration on Growth and Carcass Quality of Swine.

Authors

  • Nuanchan Saeow Tabkwang Research Station, Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute, Kasetsart University
  • Sinchai Paraksa Tabkwang Research Station, Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute, Kasetsart University

Abstract

The effect of age of castration of males on growth and carcass quality of swine were measured using 18 boars castrated at 30, 60 and 90 days of age. It was found that age of castration did not effect on growth rate, feed efficiency, performance and carcass quality of pigs. So if the pig was not used for purebred, we could castrated at 1-3 weeks of age because it was easy to control and the pig did not stress. The purebred breeders can delay castration for better selection of boars with out any serious effect on growth, carcass characteristics and feed requiements.

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Published

1986-09-01

How to Cite

Saeow, Nuanchan, and Sinchai Paraksa. 1986. “Effect of Age of Male at Castration on Growth and Carcass Quality of Swine”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 20 (3). Bangkok, Thailand:309-13. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/242673.

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 3 (1986): September - December

Section

Research Article

License

online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
production and hosting by Kasetsart University of Research and Development Institute on behalf of Kasetsart University.