Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12309
Title: Recording haemoglobin levels in sows, piglets and growing pigs on farm
Contributor(s): Hermesch, Susanne  (author)orcid ; Tickle, K M (author)
Publication Date: 2012
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12309
Abstract: Using haemoglobin levels in blood as a selection criterion for iron content in pork was proposed at the previous AGBU Pig Genetics Workshop (Jones and Hermesch, 2010). Since then, a project has been completed demonstrating that haemoglobin levels recorded on farm using the HemoCue Hb 201+ analyser can indeed be used as a selection criterion for iron content in pork and other pork quality traits. Haemoglobin levels in growing pigs had moderate genetic correlations with iron content in pork, redness of pork and pH 24 hours post mortem (Hermesch and Jones, 2012). However, it was also noted that the recording procedures used on farm during the project should be modified to improve the accuracy of on-farm measures of haemoglobin levels.
Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: 2012 AGBU Pig Genetics Workshop Notes, p. 31-38
Publisher: University of New England, Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit
Place of Publication: Armidale, Australia
ISBN: 9780646590066
0646590065
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070201 Animal Breeding
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 300305 Animal reproduction and breeding
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 830308 Pigs
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 100410 Pigs
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
Publisher/associated links: http://agbu.une.edu.au/pig_genetics/pdf/2012/P6-Hermesch-Tickle-Haemoglobin.pdf
http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/187771631
Series Name: Pig Genetics Workshop Notes
Editor: Editor(s): Susanne Hermesch and Kathryn Dobos
Appears in Collections:Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU)
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