2005 Sire Summary

There are a total of 180 Sires in this summary.  Click on the trait to the left to see the complete list sorted by that specific trait.

See below for a description of each trait.

National Barrow Show Sire Summary
Berkshire
1996-2005

There have been more than 550 purebred sires with progeny groups in the National Barrow Show Sire Progeny Tests. The Expected Progeny Differences (EPD) shown reflect the genetic differences between sires after year, slaughter date, sex of pig, Rendement Napole (RN) gene effects and stress (HAL1843) gene effects have accounted for. Genetic relationships between all animals have been included in this analysis to further improve accuracy. Most of the loin quality traits are only partially correlated. Therefore, it is common to find at least one of the loin quality trait EPDs  in a different direction.

Terms on the summary are:

BOAR - Name of sire and registration number.
PROGENY - Maximum number of progeny tested for any trait.

ADG - Unadjusted progeny average daily gain, lbs/day.
ADG_EPD - Genetic value for ADG, lbs/day.

BF10 - Unadjusted progeny tenth rib backfat, inches.
BF10_EPD - Genetic value for BF10, inches.

HUNTER - Unadjusted Hunter L color score of progeny loins
HUNTER_EPD - Genetic value of Hunter L color score. (low is best).

IMF - Unadjusted progeny loin intramuscular fat , percent.
IMF_EPD - Genetic value of loin intramuscular fat, percent.

PH - Unadjusted ultimate pH of progeny loins.
PH_EPD - Genetic value for loin ultimate pH (high is best).

TENDER - Unadjusted panel score for loin tenderness (10 best).
TEND_EPD - Genetic value for loin tenderness score (higher is best).

INSTRON - Unadjusted Instron loin tenderness pressure, kg.
INST_EPD - Genetic value for Instron loin pressure (low is best).

COOKLOSS - Unadjusted progeny loin cooking loss, percent.
COOK_EPD - Genetic value for cooking loss, percent (low is best)

JUICY - Unadjusted panel score for loin juiciness (10 best)
JUICY_EPD - Genetic value for loin juiciness score (higher is best)

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