Effect of farm on productive and reproductive performance in sows of prestice blackápied pig  

NEVRKLA, Pavel, VÁCLAVKOVÁ, Eva, HADAŠ, Zdeněk and HORKÝ, Pavel. Effect of farm on productive and reproductive performance in sows of prestice blackápied pig  . Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2016, 64, 1233-1237. ISSN 1211-8516.
Year2016
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Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate productive and reproductive performance of Prestice Black-Pied sows including losses of piglets from birth to weaning in conditions of two farms. The experiment involved one hundred sows of Prestice Black-Pied pig from the 1st to the 7th parity (50 from farm A and 50 from farm B). The evaluation of productive parameters revealed a highly statistically signifcant difference (P = 0.001) between gilts of the observed farms in percentage of lean meat. Backfat thickness was 0.19 cm lower in gilts from the farm A, which is a very highly statistically signifcant difference (P = 0.001). The evaluation of reproductive performance showed, that age at the time of the frst insemination and farrowing was signifcantly higher (P = 0.05) in gilts from the farm A compared to gilts from the farm B by 38 days on average. The analysis also indicates that there was no signifcant difference in length of gestation, total number of piglets and numbers of live-born and reared piglets between the sows of the evaluated farms. A highly statistically signifcant difference (P = 0.01) was found in number of stillborn piglets. Interval length was signifcantly longer (P = 0.05) in sows from the farm A, by 14.29 days. The evaluation of losses of piglets revealed a signifcant difference (P = 0.05) between the farms in favor of piglets from the farm A.