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Osteochondrosis in Wild Boar–Swedish Yorkshire Crossbred Pigs (F2 Generation)

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Abstract

Osteochondrotic lesions occur in very high frequency in growing pigs of all commercial breeds and are claimed to be associated with high growth rate, and not to occur, or to be milder, in slow-growing pigs. The present study monitored the magnitude and distribution of osteochondrotic lesions in a crossbred pig population of wild boar and Swedish Yorkshire ancestry. In this population, having a low growth rate, the distribution and extent of osteochondrotic lesions was similar to that of purebred Swedish Yorkshire pigs, and only weak relationships between the studied growth parameters and osteochondrosis could be found.

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The authors would like to thank Marianne Ekwall for her excellent technical assistance, the Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural Research and the Swedish Farmers Foundation for Agricultural Research for the support provided for this work.

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  1. Department of Anatomy and Histology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7011, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden

    H. Uhlhorn & G. Dalin

  2. Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

    N. Lundeheim

  3. Department of Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

    S. Ekman

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Uhlhorn, H., Dalin, G., Lundeheim, N. et al. Osteochondrosis in Wild Boar–Swedish Yorkshire Crossbred Pigs (F2 Generation). Acta Vet Scand 36, 41–53 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547701

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