Fattening performance, carcass quality and economic efficacy of crossbred Landrace × (Yorkshire × Mong Cai) pigs raised in households

A study was conducted on 10 households in Cam Hoang commune (Cam Giang district of Hai Duong province) from June 2006 to June 2007 with 164 fattening pigs in order to evaluate fattening performance, carcass quality and economic efficacy of crossbred Landrace × (Yorkshire × Mong Cai) pigs which were raised in households. Result showed that the crossbred pigs grew well under the household conditions (live weight of 82,96kg per head at slaughtering age of 180 days, ADG of 605.59 gram, FCR of 3.04). The lean percentage was fairly high (49.99%). Meat quality of the crossbred pigs was satisfactory. The net profit was about 309865 VND/head.