Table 1 Phenotypic traits recorded from the BC1 (F1 x Landrace), BC2 (F2 x Landrace) and F3 generations of the Iberian x Landrace cross
Description | Trait | BC1generation | F3 + BC2 generations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD |
Weight at 150 days (kg) | W150d | 160 | 79.13 | 10.49 | 161 | 81.69 | 12.64 |
Backfat thickness at 75 kg (mm) | BFT75 | 160 | 12.69 | 1.50 | 134 | 13.35 | 2.57 |
Backfat thickness at slaughter (cm) | BFTS | 127 | 2.50 | 0.69 | 148 | 2.27 | 0.48 |
Intramuscular fat percentage (%) | IMF | 124 | 2.06 | 0.70 | 147 | 1.08 | 0.56 |
Mean weight of hams (kg) | HW | 155 | 10.22 | 1.39 | 148 | 11.44 | 1.68 |
Mean weight of shoulders (kg) | SW | 155 | 5.43 | 0.80 | 148 | 4.70 | 0.72 |
Weight of bone-in loins (kg) | BLW | 154 | 7.09 | 1.03 | 148 | 7.18 | 0.93 |