Table 1.
Strains used in benchmarking experiment. Strains are listed by (breeder) estimated days to reach 2.1 kg, estimated average daily gain (ADG, g/day) and realized ADG to the first target weight (approximately 2.1 kg) and the second target weight (approximately 3.2 kg).
| Strain | Estimated days to 2.1 kg | Estimated ADG, g/day | Realized ADG, g/day |
Category2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target wt 1 | Target wt 2 | ||||
| A1 | 34 | 61.76 | 49.12 | 62.65 | - |
| B | 36 | 58.33 | 54.03 | 68.70 | CONV |
| C | 37 | 56.76 | 55.26 | 66.01 | CONV |
| M | 50 | 42.00 | 51.97 | 55.46 | FAST |
| F | 43 | 48.84 | 53.08 | 55.29 | FAST |
| I | 45 | 46.67 | 47.10 | 54.65 | FAST |
| G | 44 | 47.73 | 47.40 | 53.54 | FAST |
| H | 44 | 47.73 | 47.86 | 51.22 | MOD |
| E | 42 | 50.00 | 53.27 | 50.83 | MOD |
| S | 51 | 41.18 | 45.57 | 50.61 | MOD |
| O | 40 | 52.50 | 47.78 | 50.15 | MOD |
| J | 47 | 44.68 | 42.73 | 47.73 | SLOW |
| D | 50 | 42.00 | 42.44 | 45.56 | SLOW |
| N | 50 | 42.00 | 39.82 | 44.06 | SLOW |
| K | 49 | 42.86 | 39.31 | 43.58 | SLOW |
| T1 | 120 | 17.50 | -- | 19.78 | - |
1
Strains A and T were represented in few pens (4) and were therefore not included in statistical analyses. The data are included for descriptive purposes only.
2
Strains were divided into categories based on realized Average Daily Gain to Target Weight 2. This facilitated analyses and enables generalizations based on growth rates.