Optimizing feeding regimen of replacement gilts to improve their reproductive performance and retention rate of their first 2 parities

The effects of age, body weight (BW), and backfat thickness (BF) of replacement gilts at first estrus and first mating on their subsequent reproductive performance and retention of their first 2 parities as sows was evaluated. A total of 3,025 Danish replacement gilts were categorized by farm (alloc...

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Main Authors: Jiajian Tan, Miaomiao Wang, Haiqing Sun, Chao Wang, Hongkui Wei, Siwen Jiang, Yuanfei Zhou, Jian Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2023-03-01
Series:Animal Nutrition
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405654522001457