High-performing farms exploit reproductive potential of high and low prolific sows better than low-performing farms

• Published in: Porcine Health Management. Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 15
• Main Authors: Tani, Satomi, Piñeiro, Carlos, Koketsu, Yuzo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 16.07.2018; BMC
• Subjects: Cattle; Farm effect; High prolific sows; High-performing farms; Hogs; Lifetime performance; Mortality; Productivity; Reproductive technologies; Sow potential; Weaning; Europe; Spain; High prolific sows; Lifetime performance; High-performing farms; Sow potential; Farm effect

Our 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 for reproductive performance across parities, and lifetime performance. Dat...