Explain five factors considered when selecting a boar for breeding purpose

      

Explain five factors considered when selecting a boar for breeding purpose

  

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Factors to consider when selecting breeding boar

- Libido – Boar should have high Libido

- Age – select young ones

- Fertility and viability of semen – semen should be viable

- Healthy – selected boar should not spread diseases and minimize cost of treatment

- Physical defects – selected boar should be free from hereditary defect‘s

- Temperament – boar should be docile

- Breeding boar should have high feed conversion efficiency

- Breeding boar should be fast in growth to reach maturity

- Adaptability - should be well adapted to the prevailing climatic conditions

- Body conformation- Boar should have the correct body conformation.
john3 answered the question on December 12, 2017 at 02:25


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