3(80), vol. 2, 2014
UNC 636.4.082

The results of the work with the Duroc pigs breed and conditions of creating intrabreed type «Steppe» are given. The productivity of interbreed pigs type of Duroc breed of Ukrainian selection «Steppe» (DUSS) in terms of PJSC «Pedigree farm «Steppe» Zaporozhye region are analyzed. The article presents the results of the appraisal pigs of aforementioned type, for complex traits, the herd of swine as follows: class elite-record have 84% of boars, 32% sows, to the class of elite respectively 16% and 68%. This indicates that the main herd of females and boars herd corresponds only to the class of elite-record and the elite. It is established that the conditions of «Pedigree farm «Steppe» had created the conditions that contribute to the manifestation of the genetic potential of productivity of pigs. (more…)