Articles - Genetics and reproduction

If my farrowing rate is low, but the returns to estrus, abortions, and culled pregnant sows are all normal, I probably have dead sows...

The Mora Romagnola is a breed of pig from Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy. The name ‘Mora’ was codified in 1942 and is due to its colour, dark brown tending to black.

Mangalitsa is an autochthonous fatty type pig breed, created from the old Serbian Šumadinka breed.

Lietuvos Baltosios senojo tipo pigs are remaining purebred pigs of local Lithuanian pig breed (Lietuvos Baltosios) adapted to the specific local environment and locally available feedstuffs.

In the first part of this article series we addressed how to correctly stimulate oestrus. In this article we continue talking with swine reproduction specialist, Javier Gil Pascual, focusing on heat detection.

Does a high retention rate indicate high productivity?

The Lithuanian indigenous wattle (Lithuanian: Lietuvos vietinė) is a domestic pig native to Lithuania and is one of the oldest pig varieties in Europe.

This chapter presents the history and the current state-of-the-art in the only Slovenian autochthonous pig breed - Krškopolje pig (Krškopoljski prašič).

History and current status of the Iberian breed, an autochthonous pig breed of the Iberian Peninsula.

Gilts have more returns to estrus... but why?

History and current status of Gascon pig breed. This French autochthonous breed, which almost disappeared, now enjoys a new boom.

Which indicator best reflects performance - farrowing rate or non-productive days?

History and current status of Black Slavonian (Crna slavonska) pig breed, an autochthonous pig breed in the Republic of Croatia.

History and current status of Cinta Senese pig breed, one of the Italian autochthonous pig breeds.

History and current status of Apulo-Calabrese pig breed, one of the Italian autochthonous pig breeds.

What is more important: the farm or genetics?

The history and current status of Bísaro pig, a Portuguese native breed belonging to the Celtic line.

Is it worth to purchase hyperprolific sows for my farm?

The history and current status of Basque pig breed, a South-West of France autochthonous swine breed.

The history and current status of Alentejano pig breed, a Portuguese autochthonous swine breed.

Pig reproduction and summer are not good friends, Heat comes, daylight hours drop, fertility decreases and the vets come across more reproductive pathology than during the rest of the year. Why doing always the same does not always yield the same result?

It is not only related to NPDs, but it can also have a greater impact than we first thought.

The morphological differences in the cervical wall and canal between multiparous and nulliparous sows require deep AI devices adapted to the characteristics of the nulliparous.

One of the indices that is generating much interest is the one referred to the number of weaned piglets per sow lifetime (WSL). This index refers to the total number of piglets that a sow has weaned throughout its productive life.