Pig Body Measurement In Kilograms
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Pig body measurement in kilograms. Squaring the heart girth 50 x 50 2500 girth result. Different breeds will also store varying amounts of fat. On an average 4 8 kg swill is needed per pig per day. Porky pig has a heart girth of 50 inches and a length of 40 inches.
Other feeds used for feeding pig. Using the measurements from steps 1 and 2 calculate body weight using the formula heart girth x heart girth x body length 400 animal weight in pounds. Note the pigs length in inches. Also as pigs get older they can lose a significant amount of body weight.
Different breeds can vary greatly in size and this will largely determine how much they end up weighing. Start at the base of the pigs ears and measure to the base of its tail. 1department of animal sciences university of illinois urbana 61801. Note the pigs circumference in inches.
2 measure the pigs length. Breed the breed of the pig is the most prominent contributing factor to their weight. However a pig should be maintained from 9 months on at a condition of 25 to 3. The size and weight of hogs largely depends on their breed.
Methionine requirement of pigs between 5 and 20 kilograms body weight. Place the fabric measuring tape around the pig just behind the front legs. Without an accurate scale weight taken of the whole and dressed pig its almost impossible to be certain of the weight of the innards as they can be anything from 10 to 30 of the total weight. 3250 kcal of mekg 11 choline.
If your pig was 344lbs the innards would be somewhere between 34 and 103lbs so your calculation of 42lb difference from taped live weight to measured hanging weight could well be right. Four nursery experiments were conducted using a methionine met deficient feather meal corn soybean meal dried whey basal diet 20 cp. On the conformationscoring charts underweight is represented by the number 12 categories. 3 calculate the pigs girth measurement.
There really is no normal weight for a potbelly or miniature pig. Metric version weight of your pig in kilogrammes. Then use the following formula. Ensure that swill feed is not old and putrified.
The domestic pigs head plus body length ranges from 09 to 18 m 35 to 71 in and adult pigs typically weigh between 50 and 350 kg 110 and 770 lb with well fed individuals often exceeding this weight range. Use the same procedure as above taking your measurement in meters. It has been observed that pigs weighing 30 kg reached a body weight of 70 kg in 70 days when fed exclusively on kitchen waste. For example if an adult pig has a heart girth equal to 45 inches and a body length equal to 54 inches the calculation would be 45 x 45 x 54 400 273 lbs.