Climatic factors associated with reproductive performance in English Berkshire pigs and crossbred pigs between Landrace and Large White raised in a subtropical climate region of Japan

• Published in: Tropical animal health and production Vol. 47; no. 8; pp. 1547 - 1552
• Main Authors: Usui, Shiho, Koketsu, Yuzo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Breeding - methods; Climate; Climatic data; Cooling systems; Crosses, Genetic; Female; Females; Japan; Life Sciences; Linear Models; Parity; Parturition; Regular Articles; Relative humidity; Reproduction; Seasons; Subtropical zones; Sus scrofa - physiology; Swine; Temperature; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Weaning; Zoology; Japan; Climatic factors; Berkshire pigs; Swine; Reproductive performance

Our objective was to characterize Berkshire female pigs associated with climatic factors by examining the interactions between two pig groups (pure English Berkshire females and crossbred females between Landrace and Large White) for reproductive performance in a humid subtropical zone. We analyzed...