DATA BANK FOR ANIMAL GENETIC RES OURCES: DESCRIPTOR LISTS PIG DESCRIPTORS

MASTER RECORD

	Breed name
	[Use name in Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds. Types and Varieties. if the breed is given in the dictionary.]
2.	Breed name synonyms
3.	Strains (or within-breed types)
4.	General information and breed description
	4.1	Country and population data
		4.1.1	[country name 1] [Give date of census or estimate]
			4.1.1.1	population size
			4.1.1.2	census data			[Categories 4.1.1.2 to 4.1.1.4 are for indicating by "Y" the type of population data.]
			4.1.1.3	estimated value
			4.1.1.4	unspecified
			4.1.1.5	annual population trend +%;-%; unknown
			4.1.1.6	herd sizes
				government farm
				mean
				range
				distribution	%
				1-10 animals
				11-50
				51-100
				101-200
				>200
				commercial farm
				mean
				range
				distribution	%
				1-10 animals
				11-50
				51-100
				101-200
				>200
				village farm
				mean
				range
				distribution	%
				1-10 animals
				11-50
				51-100
				101-200
				>200
				communally owned herds
				mean
				range
				distribution %
				1-10 animals
				11-50
				51-100
				101-200
				>200
			4.1.1.7	origin of breed
				indigenous
				exotic
		4.1.2	[country name 2]
		4.l.n	[country name n]
	4.2	Colour
		[Fill in fixed format fields, or write description in the free format description field, or do both.]

		4.2.1	colour1[name]		%of surface area	[range of values permissible]
				males
				females
				sexes not separated
		4.2.2	colour2		% of surface area
				males
				females
				sexes not separated
		4.2.3	colour3		% of surface area
				males
				females
				sexes not separated
		4.2.4	distinctive colour markings
				[free format description]
	4.3	Head
		4.3.1	profile
			convex
			concave
			straight
	4.4	Ears
		4.4.1	erect (prick ears)
		4.4.2	pendulous
				semi-lop (e.g. Pietrain)
				lop
	4.5	Body
		4.5.1	backline
				straight
				swaybacked (i.e markedly convex ventrally)
		4.5.2	belly
				pot (e.g. Vietnamese)
				not pot-bellied
		4.5.3	skin
				smooth
				wrinkled
		4.5.4	tail
				straight
				curly or kinked
	4. 6	Basic temperament
			males
			docile
			moderately tractable
			wild
			females
			docile
			moderately tractable
			wild
	4.7	Conservation status
		4.7.1	endangered
		4.7.2	vulnerable
		4.7.3	rare
		4.7 .4	indeterminate
		4.7.5	out of danger
		4.7.6	insufficiently known
		4.7.7	not at risk (none.of the above)
			The first six of these categories are used by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Their definitions, slightly amended,are as follows.
			Endangered.; Breeds in danger of extinction, and whose survival is unlikely if the causal factors continue operating.
			Vulnerable: Breeds likely to move into the Endangered category in the near future if the causal factors continue operating.
			Rare.: Breeds with small populations that are not at present Endangered or Vulnerable, but are at risk.
			Indeterminate; Breeds known to be Endangered. Rare or Vulnerable, but where there is not enough information to say which of the three categories is appropriate.
			Out of Danger: Breeds formerly included in one of the above categories, but which are now considered relatively secure because effective conservation measures have been taken or the previous threat to their survival has been removed.
			Insufficiently Known: Breeds that are suspected but not definitely known to belong to any of the above categories, because of lack of information.
	4.8	Free format breed description field
			[A description of breed characters may be entered here instead of the fixed fields of sections 4.3 to 4.6, or material may be added to supplement the fixed fields.
	4.9	Porcine stress syndrome (halothane susceptibility)
		4.9.1	percentage of positive reactors in breed
		4.9.2	frequency of halothane gene (n_) in breed
5.	Master record prepared by:
	5.1	Name:
	5.2	Title: [Dr, Mr, Miss, etc.]
	5.3	Address:
	5.4	Affiliation: [Organisation. Company, Consultant, etc]
	5.5	Date of preparation:
6.	Master record updating or editing
	6.1	First amendment by:
		6.1.1	Name:
			6.1.2	Title:
			6.1.3	Address:
			6.1.4	Affiliation:
			6.1.5	Date of amendment:
		6.n	Nth amendment by:
			6.n.1	Name:
			6.n.2	Title:
			6.n.3	Address:
			6. n. 4	Affiliation:
			6.n.5	Date of amendment

SLAVE RECORD

1.	Breed name of MASTER record
2.	Breed/crossbred type of SLAVE record
		[Give exact composition if possible, e.g. 75% Large White 2 5% Landrace.]
3.	Strain (or distinct within-breed type)
4.	Period of data
			year month day [e.g. 1982:05:14]
		From
		To
5.	Data form prepared by:
	5.1	Name:
	5.2	Title: [Dr. Mr, Miss, etc.]
	5.3	Address:
	5.4	Affiliation: [Organisation, Company, Consultant, etc.]
	5.5	Date of preparation:
6.	Bibliographical reference of source document
		[pointer to the reference stored in the bibliographical file]
7.	Data type and analysis
	7.1	Data
		7.1.1	unadjusted data
		7.1.2	data adjusted for environmental or other factors*
		7.1.3	survey data
				*[adjusted by the author of the original paper or document]
	7.2	Treatment of data
		7.2.1	descriptive
		7.2.2	analytical
		7.2.3	none
8.	Reliability code
		[Grade data subjectively on a scale of 1 to 5; l=highly reliable, 5=low reliability.]
9.	Country [in which data were recorded or experiment carried out, etc.]
		9.1 country subdivision(s) [province, county, district, etc]
10.	Terrestrial environment
	10.1	Tropical rainforest
	10.2	Tropical deciduous forest
	10.3	Tropical scrub forest
	10.4	Tropical savannah
	10.5	Desert
	10.6	Mediterranean woodland and scrub
	10.7	Middle latitude grassland
		10.7.1	highland grass
		10.7.2	moorland
		10.7.3	marshland
	10.8	Middle latitude deciduous forest
	10.9	Coniferous forest
	10.10	Tundra
	10.11	Free format terrestrial environment field
			[Include information on problems associated with vegetation, e.g. toxic plants]
11.	Elevation and topography
	11.1	Elevation
			mean
			range
	11.2	Topography
			[Free format field. The description should include the following items, when information on them is available: roughness of terrain; slope; nature of surface (rocky, sandy, stony, etc.); surface drainage (poor, seasonally wet, well drained, etc.)]
12.	Climate
	12.1	Rainfall (mm)
		12.1.1	annual precipitation
			mean
			range
		12.1.2	seasonality
			12.1.2.1	non-seasonal
			12.1.2.2	seasonal
								[input as, e.g. 05-07. meaning May to July
			12.1.3	free format rainfall data
	12.2	Temperature (degrees C)
		12.2.1	average annual temperature
				mean of several years
				range of several years
		12.2.2	maximum temperature in year
				mean maximum of several years
				range of several years
				month(s) of maximum temperature
		12.2.3	minimum temperature in year
				mean minimum of several years
				range of several years
				month(s) of minimum temperature
		12.2.4		free format temperature data
	12.3	Relative humidity (RH)
		12.3.1	average annual RH
				mean of several years
				range of several years
		12.3.2	maximum RH in year
				mean maximum of several years
				range of several years
				month(s) of maximum RH
		12.3.3	minimum RH in year
				mean minimum of several years
				range of several years
				month(s) of maximum RH
		12.3.4	free format RH data
13.	Soclo-management system
	13.1	minimal input agriculture
		13.1.1	scavenging
		13.2.2	scavenging plus supplementary feed
	13.2	semi - intensive
	13.3	intensive
	13.4	Free format field for socio-management system
14.	Type of farm
	14.1	Peasant agriculture
	14.2	Breeding centre
	14.3	Commercial production unit
	14.4	Experiment station
	14.5	Field experiment
	14.6	Multiplication unit
	14.7	Other (specify)
	14.8	Free format field for farm type
15.	Degree of management supervision
	15.1	Advisory services
	15.2	Resident professional supervision
	15.3	Supervision by scientific staff of investigation project
	15.4	None
16.	Mating method
	16.1	natural
			uncontrolled
			hand mating
	16.2	Al
			fresh semen
			frozen semen
			fresh and frozen semen
	16.3	AI plus uncontrolled natural mating
			fresh semen
			frozen semen
			fresh and frozen semen
	16.4	AI plus hand mating
			fresh semen
			frozen semen
			fresh and frozen semen
	16.5	number of matings/inseminations per oestrus
			natural mating
			AI
			AI and natural mating
	16.6	Mating ratio
			number of females per male
	16.7	Mating period
			number of days males are put with females in natural mating
17.	Herd size
	17.1	Number of breeding sows
			mean
			range
	17.2	Number of bred gilts
			mean
			range
	17.3	Number of replacement females (weaning to transfer into breeding herd)
			mean
			range
	17.4	Number of stud boars
			mean
			range
	17.5	Number of reserve boars
			mean
			range
	17.6	Number of piglets (birth to weaning)
			mean
			range
	17.7	Number of growing/finishing pigs
			mean
			range
18.	Nutrition
	18.1	Grazing
		18.1.1	sows and litters
		18.1.2	pregnant sows/gilts
		18.1.3	growing/finishing pigs
		18.1.4	other breeding stock
	18.2	Fodder
		18.2.1	ingredients
			18.2.1.1	ingredient 1 [name]
								% of total fodder
			18.2.1.2	ingredient 2
								% of total fodder
			18.2.1.n	ingredient n
								% of total fodder
		18.2.2	free format field for amounts of fodder fed
	18.3	Swill
		18.3.1	boiled
		18.3.2	unboiled
		18.3.3	free format field for amounts of swill fed
	18.4	Concentrates
		18.4.1	ingredients
			18.4.1.1	ingredient 1 [name]
								% of concentrate diet
			18.4.1.2	ingredient 2
								% of concentrate diet
			18.4.1.n	ingredient n
								% of concentrate diet
		18.4.2	free format field for amounts of concentrates fed
				[For 18.2.2, 18.3.3 and 18.4.2 , as a minimum entry specify whether feeding is ad-lib. or not ad-lib.]
	18.5	Water
		18.4.1	sufficient to meet requirements
		18.4.2	supply inadequate
				[Specify months in which supply is inadequate, e.g. 03 to 05.]
	18.6	Minerals
		18.5.1	supply adequate
			18.5.1.1	supplements not fed
			18.5.1.2	supplements fed
		18.5.2	supply inadequate
			18.5.2.1	supplements not fed
			18.5.2.2	supplements fed
	18.6	Seasonality of nutrition
		18.6.1	feeding adequate all year round 18.6 2 feeding inadequate in some months (specify)
19.	Housing
	19.1	Provision
		19.1.1	none
		19.1.2	only during the day
		19.1.3	only at night
		19.1.4	day and night
		19.1.5	for part of day
	19.2	Class of stock
		19.2.1	preweaners
			19.2.1.1	outdoors with sow
								shelter provided (e.g. arks) no
								shelter
			19.2.1.2	houses of local, natural materials
			19.2.1.3	houses of brick, concrete, etc.
			19.2.1.4	other (specify)
		19.2.2	growing/finishing pigs
			19.2.2.1	outdoors
			19.2.2.2	houses of local, natural materials
			19.2.2.3	houses of brick, concrete, etc.
								individual pens
								group pens
			19.2.2.4	cages
								individual
								group
			19.2.2.5	other (specify)
		19.2.3	breeding stock
			19.2.3.1	outdoors
								males
								females
			19.2.3.2	houses of local, natural materials
								males
								females
			19.2.3.3	houses of brick, concrete, etc.
								individual pens
								males
								females
								group pens
								females
			19.2.3.5	other (specify)
20.	Diseases and parasites
		[Free format field for noting any diseases prevalent at the time that performance data were recorded.]
21.	Measures against diseases and parasites
		[Free format field for recording prophylactic measures: in particular, dipping, anthelmintic dosing and vaccination.]
22.	Performance
	22.1	Body weight
			[Give all weights in kg; N = number of observations; SD = standard deviation; males = entire males.]
								N	Mean	SD	Range
		22.1.1	birth					-	-	-	-
				males
				females
				unspecified
		22.1.2	preweaning				Age	N	Mean	SD	Range
				males			-	-	-	-	-
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
						[Repeat the sex groups for each age at which data are recorded.]
		22.1.3	weaning				Age	N	Mean	SD	Range
				males			-	-	-	-	-
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
						[Repeat the sex groups for each age at which data are recorded.]
		22.1.4	postweaning
				males			-	-	-	-	-
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
						[Repeat the sex groups for each age at which data are recorded.]
		22.1.5	first mating				-	-	-	-	-
				males
				females
		22.1.6	fist farrowing				-	-	-	-	-
		22.1.7	maturity and postmaturity
				breeding females
				stud boars
		22.1.8	slaughter (fasted)				-	-	-	-	-
				males
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
						[Repeat the sex groups for each age at which data are recorded.]
		22.1.9	slaughter (nonfasted)				-	-	-	-	-
				males
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
						[Repeat the sex groups for each age at which data are recorded.]
		22.1.10	free format field, for ages not specified in 22.1.1 to 22.1.9.
	22.2	Average daily gain (g)						N	Mean	SD	Range
		22.2.1	preweaning
			22.2.1.1	unspecified age range
				males				-	-	-	-
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
			22.2.1.2	age range 1 (specify)
					males
					females
					castrated males
					unspecified
					. . . . .
					. . . . .
					. . . . .
			22.2.1.n	age range n
					males
					females
					castrated males
					unspecified
		22.2.2	postweaning					N	Mean	SD	Range
			22.2.2.1	unspecified age range
					males			-	-	-	-
					females
					castrated males
					unspecified
			22.2.2.2	weaning to slaughter
					(weight unspecified)			-	-	-	-
						males
						females
						castrated males
						unspecified
			22.2.2.3	weaning to =< 90 kg				-	-	-	-
						males
						females
						castrated males
						unspecified
			22.2.2.4	weaning to 91-100 kg				-	-	-	-
						males
						females
						castrated males
						unspecified
			22.2.2.5	weaning to 101-110 kg				-	-	-	-
						males
						females
						castrated males
						unspecified
			22.2.2.6	weaning to => 111 kg				-	-	-	-
						males
						females
						castrated males
						unspecified
		22.2.3	feed conversion for growth
				[free format field]
	22.3	Body measurements					Age	N	Mean	SD	Range
		22.3.1	chest girth
				males			-	-	-	-	-
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
			[Up to IX ages can be recorded for all body measurements, repeating the sex classes required.]
		22.3.2	body length
				males			-	-	-	-	-
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
		22.3.3	height at withers
				males			-	-	-	-	-
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
		22.3.4	free format field for data on other body measurements
				[Enter data in the same way as for the measurements specified above.]
	22.4	Carcass characters
			[Each character can be recorded at up to k ages, as with body measurements.]
		22.4.1	weight				Age	N	Mean	SD	Range
			22.4.1.1	hot
				males			-	-	-	-	-
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
			22.4.1.2	cold
				males
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
		22.4.2	length				-	-	-	-	-
				males
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
							Age	N	Mean	SD	Range
		22.4.3	dressing percentage
			22.4.3.1	hot
				males			-	-	-	-	-
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
			22.4.3.2	cold
				males
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
		22.4.4	skin percentage				-	-	-	-	-
				males
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
		22.4.5	meat:bone ratio				-	-	-	-	-
				males
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
		22.4.6	ham weight as a percentage
				of carcass weight
				males			-	-	-	-	-
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
		22.4.7	loin-eye area
				[Specify vertebra number.]
				males			-	-	-	-	-
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
		22.4.8	backfat thickness (mm)				-	-	-	-	-
				[subcutaneous, specify site]
				males
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
		22.4.9	lean percentage				-	-	-	-	-
				males
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
		22.4.10	fat percentage				-	-	-	-	-
				males
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
							Age	N	Mean	SD	Range
		22.4.11	bone percentage
				males			-	-	-	-	-
				females
				castrated males
				unspecified
		22.4.12	free format field for other carcass characters
	22.5	Reproduction
		22.5.1	sexual maturity of males (days)					N	Mean	SD	Range
			22.5.1.1	age at 1st ejaculation				-	-	-	-
			22.5.1.2	age at 1st mating
		22.5.2	sexual maturity of females (days)
			22.5.2.1	age at 1st oestrus
			22.5.2.2	age at 1st ovulation
			22.5.2.3	age at 1st mating
			22.5.2.4	body weight at first oestrus
		22.5.3	oestrous cycle
			22.5.3.1	cycle duration (days)				-	-	-	-
			22.5.3.2	oestrus duration (hours)
			22.5.3.3	interval from farrowing to 1st oestrus				-	-	-	-
			22.5.3.4	interval from weaning to 1st oestrus
			22.5.3.5	detection method
						herdsman
						teaser
						entire male
						electrical resistance of vaginal mucus/mucosa
						other (specify)
		22.5.4	fertility
			22.5.4.1	conception rate (%)
			22.5.4.2	number of services per conception				-	-	-	-
			22.5.4.3	number of services per farrowing
			22.5.4.4	interval from farrowing to conception (days)
			22.5.4.5	farrowing interval (days)
			22.5.4.6	farrowing percentage
		22.5.5	fecundity
			22.5.5.1	litter size				N	Mean	SD	Range
						birth (total)
						1st parity		-	-	-	-
						- - - -
						- - - -
						- - - -
						nth parity		-	-	-	-
						unspecified
						birth (liveborn)
						1st parity
						- - - -
						- - - -
						- - - -
						nth parity		-	-	-	-
						unspecified
						weaning
						1st parity
						- - - -
						- - - -
						- - - -
						nth parity
						unspecified
		22.5.6	semen
			22.5.6.1	inherited sperm abnormalities
						[free format field for description and data]
			22.5.6.2	other characters
						[free format field]
		22.5.7	prenatal mortality					-	-	-	-
			22.5.7.1	embryo (%)
			22.5.7.2	abortion (%)
			22.5.7.3	stillbirths (%)
		22.5.8	reproductive disorders [free format field]
			22.5.8.1	non-infectious
						[Give name and frequency of each.]
			22.5.8.2	infectious
						[Give name and frequency of each.]
	22.6	Postnatal mortality
		22.6.1	preweaning (%)
		22.6.2	postweaning (%) - specify period
23.	Physiology
	23.1	Reaction to solar radiation
		23.1.1	relative increase due to exposure (%)
			23.1.1.1	rectal temperature (males)
						age
						(months)
						duration of exposure (hours )
						mean
						SD
						range
			23.1.1.2	rectal temperature (females)
						age
						duration of exposure
						mean
						SD
						range
			23.1.1.3	pulse rate (males)
						age
						duration of exposure
						mean
						SD
						range
			23.1.1.4	pulse rate (females)
						age
						duration of exposure
						mean
						SD
						range
			23.1.1.5	respiration rate (males)
						age
						duration of exposure
						mean
						SD
						range
			23.1.1.6	respiration rate (females)
						age
						duration of exposure
						mean
						SD
						range
			23.1.1.7	environmental factors during the test
									Mean	SD	Range
						air temperature (degrees C)
							before stress
							during stress
						relative humidity (%)
							before stress
							during stress
						wind velocity (m/s)
							before stress
							during stress
	23.2	Reaction to climate chamber stress
		23.2.1	relative increase due to exposure (%)
			23.2.1.1	rectal temperature (males)
						age
						duration of exposure
						mean
						SD
						range
			23.2.1.2	rectal temperature (females)
						age
						duration of exposure
						mean
						SD
						range
			23.2.1.3	pulse rate (males)
						age
						duration of exposure
						mean
						SD
						range
			23.2.l.4	pulse rate (females)
						age
						duration of exposure
						mean
						SD
						range
			23.2.1.5	respiration rate (males)
						age
						duration of exposure
						mean
						SD
						range
			23.2.1.6	respiration rate (females)
						age
						duration of exposure
						mean
						SD
						range
			23.2.1.7	environmental factors during test
									Mean	SD	Range
						air temperature			-	-	-
							before stress
							during stress
						relative humidity
							before stress
							during stress
24.	Genetic parameters
	24.1	Heritability							Value	SE	Range
		24.1.1	trait 1						-	-	-
			. . . .			[SE = standard error]
			. . . .
			. . . .
		24.1.n	trait n
	24.2	Repeatability
		24.2.1	trait 1
			. . . .
			. . . .
			. . . .
		24.2.n	trait n
	24.3	Genetic correlation
			(1) between .... and ....						-	-	-
			. . . .
			. . . .
			. . . .
			(n) between .... and ....						-	-	-
	24.4	Other quantitative genetic parameters
			[free format field]
	24.5	Inbreeding coefficient
25.	Cytogenetics
	25.1	Chromosome abnormalities
		25.1.1	translocations
				[free format field; designation of translocation; frequency in population]
26.	Inherited abnormalities
	26.1	Porcine stress syndrome (halothane susceptibility)
		26.1.1	percentage of positive reactors
		26.1.2	frequency of halothane gene (n.)
	26.2	[free format field for other abnormalities; give name, gene symbol (if relevant), and gene frequency when known]
27.	Resistance to infectious diseases and parasites
	27.1	Strain or breed comparisons
		27.1.1	helminths, arthropods and protozoa
				[free format field; specify comparative incidence and/or mortality, including faecal egg counts, tick resistance indices,etc.]
		27.1.2	diseases due to agents other than in 27.1.1
				[free format field; specify comparative incidence and/or mortality.]