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Thawing boar semen in the presence of seminal plasma: Effects on sperm quality and fertility
Environmental and sow-related factors affecting the duration of farrowing
Organization of the replacements III
In the previous chapter we began to describe several systems for recording clearly and quickly the dates that gilts come into heat and for planning gilt service.
A flooring comparison: The impact of rubber mats on the health, behavior, and welfare of group-housed sows at breeding
European Commission will not allow a delay in implementation of the ban on the use of individual sow stalls
Relationships between colostrum production by primiparous sows and sow physiology around parturitio
Australia - Tasmania: Changes to pig farming proposed
Austria - Slight decrease in swine stocks
Benefits of synchronizing ovulation with porcine luteinizing hormone in a fixed-time insemination protocol in weaned multiparous sows
Organization of the replacements II
In previous chapters we have looked at the importance of maintaining the ideal parity profile within each batch.
The effect of dietary herbs supplement in sow diets on the course of parturition, stress response and piglets rearing results
Farrowing batches: keeping the breeding groups full
In the last chapter we looked at the importance of achieving homogenous farrowing batches (age distribution + nº sows). In this chapter we will begin to see how to achieve this.
Organization of the replacements I
We have already seen that in order to achieve a correct parity structure and homogeneity of the production batches, it is necessary to control the number of replacement gilts entering the herd.
Sow parity structure (II)
Until now we have spoken about the general parity structure of the herd, but in an ideal situation this optimum distribution should be put into practice in each of the productive batches of sows.
Sow parity structure (I)
One of the main goals for a sow herd is to achieve a correct homogeneity of the productive batches.