Indiana On-Farm Boar Testing Program Rules and Regulations
K.J. Drewry, Animal Sciences Department
PURPOSE	ELIGIBILITY
The Indiana On-Farm Boar Testing Program offers	Only boar pigs from litters farrowed in Indiana and
Hoosier swine breeders an accurate record-keeping	owned by a resident of the state are eligible. The sow
system for determining sow and herd sire productivity must be in the ownership of the cooperator at far-through measurements of their boar progeny's	rowing. Boars to be evaluated will be individually
gainability, feed conversion, carcass quality (as in-	identified by litter and pig, with the 1 -3-9-27-81 ear-
dicated by backfat and loineye) and visual appraisal notching system recommended.
(type and structural soundness). The program is
intended to: (1) assist breeders in obtaining data to BREEDING
identify superior strains, lines or breeds; (2) assist Boar pigs of any breed or breed combination may be breeders in selection of replacement and sale boars, evaluated in the program and (3) supplement similar data obtained by breeders
on boars from their herds at the Indiana Boar Test TESTING PROCEDURES
tat'0n'	A minimum of 12 boar pigs from the herd shall be
DIRECTION	evaluated within a farrowing season. Boar pigs in a
Coordination of the program will be the respon-	test pen do not have to be sired by the same boar; but
sibility of the Swine Extension Section, Animal	it is recommended that, if possible, all boar pigs in a
Sciences Department, Purdue University.	Pen be sired bV one boar-The cooperator may choose
	to evaluate the boar pigs with a smaller number of
The general policy, rules and regulations of this	management considerations,
program will be subject to the recommendations of
the Indiana Swine Evaluation Advisory Committee.	The data forms used with this program shall consist
The Advisory Committee consists of: (1) two persons	 Form 5, Boar and Gilt Testing Program
(each elected for a 2-year term) from each recognized	Evaluation Work Sheet; and ISEP Form 6, Test Pen
Indiana swine breed association, (2) four commercial	and Parentage Identification Record,
swine producers elected or appointed (two each year)	Copies of these forms may be obtained from the
by the Indiana Pork Producers Association, (3)the ex-	Animal Sciences Department, Purdue University,
ecutive vice-president of the Indiana Pork Producers	West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, or from any area Ex-.
Association, (4) the head of Purdue University's	tension swine agent or county Extension office.
Animal Sciences Department, and (5) a Purdue	The cooperator should complete one ISEP Form 5
University Extension swine specialist with respon-	for each test pen, giving the county and his name and
sibility for advising and coordinating the program.	address, and checking pig sex code box (1 = boar).
Certificates for boars evaluated inthis program will  Swine
be authorized and awarded by the Advisory Com-	Evaluation Program Coordinator). Make entnesm the
mj	nght-most-part of all columns, especially for ear not-
ches, sire name or number, number farrowed, PARTICIPATION	number weaned and on-test weight. Insert leading
Any swine breeder in Indiana may participate in the	zeros on all single month and day entries e.g., Feb-
program, provided he can meet the eligibility re-	ruary 9 would be recorded as 0209. Use appropriate
quirements.	class, sex and breed codes as given in ISEP Form 5.
Rev. 1974 • AS-380
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