Management factors influencing sow productivity in successful Swedish and Danish herds
The number of weaned piglets per sow and year is a good measurement of sow productivity since it is affected by the number of piglets born alive, the pre weaning mortality (i.e. mortality of live born piglets between birth and weaning) and the number of litters per sow and year. This measure is also...
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SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics (until 231231)
2013
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