Page 44 of articles about genetics-reproduction

A good result in stillbirths is difficult to achieve without inducing farrowings.

The farm, with an elevated number of animals, had been experiencing for several days an increased number of births in gestation on the weekend before moving the sows to the farrowing pens. Mortality in these births was 100%.

In this chapter we will present the farrowing stages and how to control it.

In Denmark the most common practice is to always stimulate with the boar together with a complete 5 point pattern of stimulation carried out by the inseminator.

The milk production of sows is one of the parameters that has evolved the most over the last several decades.

In this chapter we will take a look at some other aspects of farrowing induction...

The most relevant genetic defects of the skin are epitheliogenesis imperfecta, pitryisis rosea and malignant melanoma. Recent data suggest an increase of the melanoma incidence in Duroc bred, incidences of 2.60% and 0.62% have been found in two Duroc nucleus herds.

This may be a good option when farrowings and litter control during the first days are the priority.