Effect of body development from first insemination to first weaning on performance and culling until the third farrowing of Landrace x Large White swine females

The aim of this study was to verify the association of sow body weight development until the 1st weaning with reproductive performance, piglet production and culling rate until the 3rd farrowing in 196 primiparous sows using logistic regression models. Each 10kg increase in weight gain in the 1st pr...

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Main Authors: P.E. Lesskiu, M.L. Bernardi, I. Wentz, F.P. Bortolozzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2015-04-01
Series:Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352015000200465&lng=en&tlng=en