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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">AAB</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Archives Animal Breeding</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">AAB</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Arch. Anim. Breed.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2363-9822</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>FBN Dummerstorf</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/aab-54-157-2011</article-id>
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<article-title>Performance traits in different generations of imported Danish Landrace pigs</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Klimas</surname>
<given-names>R.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Klimienė</surname>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<addr-line>Biological Research Centre, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Šiauliai University, Šiauliai, Lithuania</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>10</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2011</year>
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<volume>54</volume>
<issue>2</issue>
<fpage>157</fpage>
<lpage>164</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2011 R. Klimas</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2011</copyright-year>
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<p>The number of foreign pig breeds imported to Lithuania has increased, especially Landraces.
Animals imported from other countries get into different environmental conditions.
Decisions about adaptation of Danish Landraces were made when analysing the changes in
the data for productivity of imported pigs and their offsprings of F&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;-F&lt;sub&gt;6&lt;/sub&gt; generations born in
Lithuania. The work was carried out in the years 1998&amp;ndash;2006. Because of adaptation to new
environmental conditions, litter size, litter weight of piglets at 21 days of age and survival
rate percent of piglets for primaparous sows of Danish Landrace breed, born and grown in
Lithuania, was improving, in comparison with imported primaparous sows. According to
evaluation data analysis of the control fattening and carcass for Danish Landrace progeny
born in the country, offspring of sixth generation (F&lt;sub&gt;6&lt;/sub&gt;) distinguished by the best fattening
performance. However, tendency manifested, that with increasing daily gain in many cases
meatiness traits of pigs are getting worse. Muscularity of F&lt;sub&gt;6&lt;/sub&gt; Landraces was 1.7&amp;ndash;2.9 % lower
than of F&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;-F&lt;sub&gt;5&lt;/sub&gt; progeny of this breed (&lt;i&gt;P&lt;/i&gt;&lt;0.05&amp;ndash;0.01). Therefore, when striving in the adaptation
process to stabilise specific traits of Landrace pigs, especially fattening performance and
meatiness, besides balanced feeding and making of good keeping conditions, it is also
purposeful regularly to import boars (each 3&amp;ndash;4 years) of this breed into breeding centres or
to use Al stations services.</p>
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