Selecting Gilts For Lifetime Productivity
Published: June 30, 2008
Summary
Simultaneous advances have been made in the number of pigs a sow can produce each year, predominantly due to management, and in lean (growth rate and percentage), predominantly due to genetics. Today’s gilts grow faster, reach puberty at heavier weights, and are mated both younger and leaner. Therefore, we are ultimately managing a more prolific mature sow that may be both leaner and larger in mat...
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30 de junio de 2008
It is really glad to read about it. Pls. keep sending more information about it. Thanks in advance.
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4 de julio de 2008
Other factors involved: eg.
. Boar used for breeding
. Feed and feeding
. Health status of the herd.
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