An assessment of reproductive and lifetime performances of Kagoshima Berkshire gilts and sows. (10th November 2013)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- An assessment of reproductive and lifetime performances of Kagoshima Berkshire gilts and sows. (10th November 2013)
- Main Title:
- An assessment of reproductive and lifetime performances of Kagoshima Berkshire gilts and sows
- Authors:
- Sasaki, Yosuke
Tokunaga, Tadaaki
Uemura, Ryoko
Sueyoshi, Masuo - Abstract:
- <abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>We investigated the reproductive and lifetime performances of Kagoshima Berkshire gilts and sows. We examined 20 605 parity records of 4419 pigs for 2008 to 2012 on a farrow‐to‐finish commercial farm. The mean parity (± SD) of all animals was 3.0 ± 2.1. For farrowing performance, the highest numbers of total pigs born and pigs born alive were found in sows with parities 5 and 6 and with parity 3–6, respectively (<italic>P</italic> < 0.05). Regarding weaning and mating performance, sows with parity 2 had the lowest preweaning mortality (<italic>P</italic> < 0.05). The longest weaning‐to‐first‐mating interval was found in parity 1 pigs, and the interval decreased as parity increased (<italic>P</italic> < 0.05). Parities 0 and 1 pigs had the lowest farrowing rate and those with parity 4 had the highest farrowing rate (<italic>P</italic> < 0.05). The mean parity at culling, total number of pigs born alive in a lifetime, and nonproductive days in a lifetime were 5.5 ± 2.93, 49.2 ± 24.72 pigs, and 132.1 ± 83.34 days, respectively. These animals had a lower litter size and fertility that the F<sub>1</sub> crossbred sows mainly used in Japan, but a similar tendency for performance by parity.</p> </abstract>
- Is Part Of:
- Animal science journal. Volume 85:Number 3(2014:Mar.)
- Journal:
- Animal science journal
- Issue:
- Volume 85:Number 3(2014:Mar.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 85, Issue 3 (2014)
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 85
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2014-0085-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 213
- Page End:
- 218
- Publication Date:
- 2013-11-10
- Subjects:
- Animal culture -- Periodicals
Livestock -- Periodicals
636 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1740-0929 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/asj.12140 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1344-3941
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