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If my farrowing rate is low, but the returns to estrus, abortions, and culled pregnant sows are all normal, I probably have dead sows...

Despite being a well-known technique, mistakes are still made with its application on farms, and questions are raised that we will try to answer.

The Mora Romagnola is a breed of pig from Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy. The name ‘Mora’ was codified in 1942 and is due to its colour, dark brown tending to black.

Mangalitsa is an autochthonous fatty type pig breed, created from the old Serbian Šumadinka breed.

Deviations from the sow's normal consumption pattern during the lactation phase have important production implications.

Lietuvos Baltosios senojo tipo pigs are remaining purebred pigs of local Lithuanian pig breed (Lietuvos Baltosios) adapted to the specific local environment and locally available feedstuffs.

In the first part of this article series we addressed how to correctly stimulate oestrus. In this article we continue talking with swine reproduction specialist, Javier Gil Pascual, focusing on heat detection.

Does a high retention rate indicate high productivity?

The Lithuanian indigenous wattle (Lithuanian: Lietuvos vietinė) is a domestic pig native to Lithuania and is one of the oldest pig varieties in Europe.

This chapter presents the history and the current state-of-the-art in the only Slovenian autochthonous pig breed - Krškopolje pig (Krškopoljski prašič).

In a series of articles, swine reproduction and insemination specialist, Javier Gil Pascual, addresses the key aspects of oestrus stimulation and detection, and insemination.

History and current status of the Iberian breed, an autochthonous pig breed of the Iberian Peninsula.

Gilts have more returns to estrus... but why?

History and current status of Gascon pig breed. This French autochthonous breed, which almost disappeared, now enjoys a new boom.

Some routines are widely used on the daily work of pig farms and we can even think that there is some good logic behind them, but have they been scientifically tested?

Which indicator best reflects performance - farrowing rate or non-productive days?