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\hypersetup{pdftitle={Preliminary Study of Pure Danish Large White (DLW) and it Cross with Dutch Hampshire},pdfauthor={Mohammed Yaro, Kwamina Banson, Emmanuel Dagbue},pdfsubject={Tropentag 2010: Abstract},pdfkeywords={Ad libitum, daily, Dutch Hampshire, gain, Danish Large White, mean, ration, weight},pdfpagemode=None,colorlinks=true}
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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 14-16, 2010, Zurich}}\\[1ex] \Large{``World Food System  ---\\A Contribution from Europe''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{Preliminary Study of Pure Danish Large White (DLW) and it Cross with Dutch Hampshire\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Mohammed Yaro, Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Animal Science, Kwabenya, Ghana, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{moyaro2000@yahoo.com}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Mohammed Yaro$^{1}$, Kwamina Banson$^{2}$, Emmanuel Dagbue$^{3}$}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{1}$Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Animal Science, Ghana}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{2}$Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Biotechnology and Nuclear Agricultural Research Institute, Ghana}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{3}$Ministry of Food and Agriculture, National Animal Breeding Station, Ghana}}}
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\index[author]{Yaro, Mohammed}
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A study was conducted to determine comparative growth rates of two breeds of pig namely pure Danish Large White (DLW) and its cross with Dutch Hampshire (DLWxDH) fed a daily ration of \mbox{1.0\,kg} of concentrate recommended by the Ministry of food and Agriculture (MOFA).  Currently feeding constitutes about \mbox{60\,\%} of the production cost. This is further aggravated by the ever increasing prices of feed ingredients locally, particularly maize and protein sources.  Fortunately, the exotic pig production was recently boosted by the importation of Danish large white and Dutch Hampshire exotic breed by the Ministry of food and Agriculture.  For the success of this current programme, there is the need for research to be focused on making exotic pig farming easier, attractive and profitable for local pig farmers. In this light it is important to developed and document a comprehensive production performance data for the Danish large white breed under local conditions and feeding beginning with average daily gains of weaners. This will establish the extent of profitability of Danish Large white breed production in current Ghanaian economic situation



Twenty weaners, comprising ten of each breed were raised at the Animal farm complex of BNARI and fed this ratio in two parts of \mbox{0.5\,kg} at 8.30am and 3.00pm daily for a period of ten weeks post weaning. Water was provided ad libitum for the purposes of drinking and wallowing. Univariate ANOVA of results shows that Pure breed DLW recorded mean daily weight gain of 382.38$\pm$ \unitfrac[26.19]{g}{d} and which was significantly higher than 297.70$\pm$ \unitfrac[18.27]{g}{d} for the cross DLW*DH. This is however lower than mean daily growth rate recorded in similar studies of DLW in Ireland and Denmark and that presupposes that improvements can be made to reach maximum the potential of the DLW in Ghana.







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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Ad libitum, daily, Dutch Hampshire, gain, Danish Large White, mean, ration, weight
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