Feeding the modern sow to sustain high productivity.
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DOI: 10.1002/mrd.23571
Abstract: Selection for hyper-prolific sows has increased the litter size by more than 50% during the last three decades, and proper nutrition of the female pigs has concomitantly changed due to improved prolificacy and productivity of… read more here.
Keywords: hyper prolific; sow sustain; prolific sows; feeding modern ... See more keywords
Managing prolific sows in tropical environments.
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DOI: 10.1002/mrd.23661
Abstract: Litter size in modern sows has been dramatically improved in recent decades by genetic selection for highly prolific sows. In a tropical environment, the average total number of pigs born and number born alive are… read more here.
Keywords: prolific sows; number; milk; managing prolific ... See more keywords
High-performing farms exploit reproductive potential of high and low prolific sows better than low-performing farms
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DOI: 10.1186/s40813-018-0091-8
Abstract: BackgroundOur objective was to examine the impact of farm effects and sow potential on various aspects of sow performance. We examined the interaction between sow prolificacy groups categorized at parity 1 and farm productivity groups… read more here.
Keywords: farm; high performing; sows farms; performing farms ... See more keywords