Influence of the use of nurse sows on their lifetime performance
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027014%3A_____%2F20%3AN0000020" target="_blank" >RIV/00027014:_____/20:N0000020 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41210/20:82109
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.agriculturejournals.cz/publicFiles/12_2020-CJAS.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.agriculturejournals.cz/publicFiles/12_2020-CJAS.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/12/2020-CJAS" target="_blank" >10.17221/12/2020-CJAS</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Influence of the use of nurse sows on their lifetime performance
Original language description
Using nurse sows is a common practice for intensive pig farming because large numbers of piglets per litter result from intensive breeding. This aim of this study was to compare reproductive parameters of nurse sows and non-nurse sows in relation to subsequent reproductive performance. The study evaluated 463 breeding sows that produced at least one litter. The sows were divided into two groups: non-nurse sows (350 sows) and nurse sows (113 sows) at their first farrowing. The average length of first lactation was 35.12 days for nurse sows and 29.79 days for non-nurse sows. At first parity, nurse sows weaned 5.18% more piglets than did non-nurse sows (P < 0.05). At second parity, nurse sows had 2.25% more live born piglets than did non-nurse sows. Nurse sows also had 9.59% more total live born piglets and they were removed from the breeding herd later (on average by 67.1 days) than were non-nurse sows. In conclusion, using sows as nurse sows in their first lactations provides a good solution when there are large numbers of piglets per litter, and this practice has no negative effect on sows’ subsequent reproductive performance.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40201 - Animal and dairy science; (Animal biotechnology to be 4.4)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Czech Journal of Animal Science
ISSN
1212-1819
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
65
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
97-103
UT code for WoS article
000522724200003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85099067383