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Timing Impacts Fertility, Well-Being When Relocating Gilts from Group Pens to Stalls
2015-01-02 21:40:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: University of Illinois Managing gilts prior to breeding is important for ensuring fertility. High gilt replacement rates and reduced sow longevity continue to cause problems for breeding herds. Much of the research suggests that ensuring proper age, weight and maturity at breeding is critical for herd longevity and lifetime production. One of the common steps in gilt entry into modern production systems is the change in gilt housing from group pens to individual stalls for breeding. There is no available data to suggest whether there is an effect for the timing of relocation prior to breeding. read more
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