Growth performance and reproductive performance of VCN15 and VCN16 pigs
The study was conducted at Thuy Phuong pig research and development center (Thuy Phuong), Thai Duong Foreign Pig Limited Company (Thai Duong), and Livestock Training and Development Center (Binh Thang) from January 2016 to December 2019 to estimate the growth performance and reproductive performance of 405 VCN15 pigs and 405 VCN16 pigs. VCN15 and VCN16 had high growth performance which an average daily gain was 840.9 g/day (VCN15) and 839.6 g/day (VCN16). Loin muscle area of female VCN15 was 48.9 mm (Thuy Phuong), and 50.8 mm (Thai Duong). The backfat thickness of female VCN15 in Binh Thang was 12.5 mm. Besides, the backfat thickness of VCN16 (Binh Thang) reached 12.9 mm, the lean muscle area of VCN16 in Thai Duong was 50.0 mm, and the lean meat percentage of VCN16 in Thuy Phuong and Thai Duong were both reached 58.4 mm. In addition, the reproductive performance of VCN15 and VCN16 were high. The number born alive of VCN15 and VCN16 were 12.3 and 13.22 mm, respectively. The total pig/sow/year of VCN15 and VCN16 were 27.28 and 27.22 pigs (Thai Duong), 27.75 and 27.8 pigs (Thuy Phuong), and 27.61 and 27.41 pigs (Binh Thang), respectively
