FAILURE TO RECYCLE AFTER WEANING, AND WEANING TO ESTRUS INTERVAL IN CROSSBRED SOWS

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作者
FAHMY, MH [1 ]
HOLTMANN, WB [1 ]
BAKER, RD [1 ]
机构
[1] MCGILL UNIV,MACDONALD COLL,ST ANNE BELLEVUE H0A 1C0,QUEBEC,CANADA
来源
ANIMAL PRODUCTION | 1979年 / 29卷 / OCT期
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10.1017/S0003356100023412
中图分类号
S8 [畜牧、 动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂];
学科分类号
0905 ;
摘要
Failure to recycle after weaning and the interval from weaning to oestrus were studied using sows representing 28 crosses from eight breeds at three stations. Of the sows farrowing their first litter, 12·9% failed to recycle within 50 days. The least squares mean for weaning to oestrus interval for all crosses was 13·5 days. Hampshire × Landrace, followed by Hampshire × Yorkshire sows had the shortest intervals (8·0 and 8·7 days respectively) whereas Large Black × Lacombe sows had the longest interval (22·1 days). Crosses involving the Yorkshire, Hampshire, Berkshire and Tamworth breeds had shorter intervals than those involving Landrace, Duroc, Large Black and Lacombe. Season of farrowing had significant effect (P < 0·05), with the shortest interval (11·4 days) occurring in autumn and the longest (15·1 days) in spring and summer. Weaning to oestrus interval increased with the increase in litter size. The interval was longer (15·7 days) at Lennoxville but similar at the other stations. There was a steady increase in size in the following litter with the increase in the weaning-oestrus interval. The heritability estimate (full-sib analysis) for the weaning-oestrus interval was 0·25 ± 0·10. Repeatability based on limited data was calculated at 0·28. © 1979, British Society of Animal Science. All rights reserved.
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