Relationship between Body Weight of Primiparous Sows during Late Gestation and Subsequent Reproductive Efficiency over Six Parities

The present study investigated the impact of parity 1 gilt body weight during late gestation (d 109) on subsequent reproductive performance of sows and performance of suckling pigs. A total of 2,404 farrowing records over 6 parities were divided into six groups on the basis of body weight (190, 200,...

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Main Authors: Jin Soo Kim, Xiaojian Yang, Samuel Kofi Baidoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2016-06-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
Subjects:
Sow
Online Access:http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-29-6-768.pdf