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• TITLE: Morphological characterization of indigenous and crossbred pigs in rural and peri-urban areas of southwestern Nigeria

  AUTHORS: Adeniyi Charles Adeola, Saidu O. Oseni, Ofelia Galma Omitogun

  KEYWORDS: Nigerian Indigenous Pigs; Live Weight; Morphological Descriptors; Relationship

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol.3 No.3, July 12, 2013

  ABSTRACT: We sought to determine morphological descriptors of Nigerian indigenous pigs (NIP) and crossbred pigs (CBP) based on relationships among live weight (LW) and a suite of 18 morphometric measurements plus the number of teats. We sampled four locations in southwestern Nigeria and obtained data for a total of 120 NIP and CBP. More female pigs (61.7%) than males (38.3%) were sampled, and they had a mean live weight of 19.9 ± 6.10 kg (range 9 - 32 kg) and 20.1 ± 6.08 kg (range 8 - 37 kg), respectively. The NIP had a longer snout, wider head and longer erect ears than CBP (P 2) of 0.97, 0.92, 0.96, 0.97, 0.91, 0.97, 0.97, 0.90, and 0.93, respectively (all P 2 = 0.93; P 2 = 0.96; P 2 = 0.84; P 2 = 0.94; P