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Chongqing Yurong No. 1 Pig Composite Line Successfully Passes Expert Review

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The "Yurong No. 1 Pig Composite Line," independently bred by Chongqing, was recently successfully developed and smoothly passed expert review by the National Livestock and Poultry Breed Approval Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture. According to the Chongqing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, the Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences utilized the excellent characteristics of a superior local pig breed - the Rongchang pig - combined with the advantages of exotic pig breeds, adopted a three-line composite model, and applied new breeding technologies such as conventional selection along with molecular genetics and information technology. After 9 years of arduous research, they bred a composite line pig with excellent meat quality, strong adaptability, good reproductive performance, moderate lean meat percentage, and strong market competitiveness.

The "Yurong No. 1 Pig Composite Line," independently bred by Chongqing, was recently successfully developed and smoothly passed expert review by the National Livestock and Poultry Breed Approval Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture.

According to the Chongqing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, the Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences utilized the excellent characteristics of a superior local pig breed - the Rongchang pig - combined with the advantages of exotic pig breeds, adopted a three-line composite model, and applied new breeding technologies such as conventional selection along with molecular genetics and information technology. After 9 years of arduous research, they bred a composite line pig with excellent meat quality, strong adaptability, good reproductive performance, moderate lean meat percentage, and strong market competitiveness - the Yurong No. 1 Pig Composite Line.

The commercial pigs of this composite line have a daily weight gain of 827 grams, a lean meat percentage of 62.79%, and an intramuscular fat content of 2.59%, with excellent meat quality. They can rival the foreign three-way crossbred pigs and British PIC composite line pigs currently on the Chinese market.

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