Effect of initial breeding weight and management system using a high-producing sow genotype on resulting reproductive performance over three parities.

doi:10.2527/1993.7151177x

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Effect of initial breeding weight and management system using a high-producing sow genotype on resulting reproductive performance over three parities.

Journal of animal science - 1 May 1993

Newton E A, Mahan D C

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A study was conducted with sows of a high-producing genotype to evaluate their reproductive performance using three breeding weights over a three-parity period in two management systems. A total of 114 F1 gilts (Landrace x Yorkshire) were used in a split-plot, randomized, complete block experimen...

Topics

Adipose Tissue
Aging
Animal Husbandry
Animals
Body Weight
Colostrum
Eating
Female
Genotype
Housing, Animal
Labor, Obstetric
Lactation
Litter Size
Milk
Parity
Pregnancy
Random Allocation
Reproduction

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