Pig Reproduction
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Pig Reproduction
PPuberty: 6 - 8 months
PGestation: 115 days
PLactation: 25 days
PWean to breed: 5 days
PTotal cycle 145 days
PMaximum possible: 2.5 litters per year
PPigs per sow per year: 18 to 27
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Pigs - the Mortgage Lifters
PYear 1: 1 sow produces 20 pigs
PYear 2: 10 sows produce 200 pigs
PYear 3: 100 sows produce 2,000 pigs
PYear 4: 1,000 sows produce 20,000 pigs
PYear 5: 10,000 sows produce 200,000 pigs
PYear 6: 100,000 sows produce 2,000,000pigs
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Factors Affecting Productivity
Genetics
Environment
Nutrition
Disease
Management
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Genetics - Maternal Breeds
Landrace
Yorkshire
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Genetics - Terminal Breeds
Duroc
Hampshire
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Meishan
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Basis for Improving Traits
Trait Heritability Heterosis
Carcass High Low
Growth Medium Medium
Reproductive Low High
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Heterosis
Superior to Both Parents Superior to One Parent
Breed A Crossbred A X B
Breed B
Parental Average
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Rotational Crossing
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Yorkshire
Landrace
Hampshire
CrossbredSows &Market Hogs
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Terminal Crossing
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Yorkshire Landrace
HampshireF1 CrossSows
CrossbredMarket Hogs
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Parturition
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Farrowing Crate
Source: Pork ‘85
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Lactating Sow
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Gestation Housing
Stalls or Pens?
Source: Pork, August 2002
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Gestation Stalls
Individual feeding according to body condition
No fighting to establish pecking order
Easy to vaccinate, pregnancy test, etc.
Individual observation
Sows can not turn around
Stereotypical behaviors eg bar biting
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Hawai`iPig Pen
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Good Nutrition = Good Production
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Sow Condition Score
1 2 3 4 5
Source: Elanco
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Effect of PRRS
1/96 7/96 1/97
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% Stillborn
% Repeat Services
% Preweaning Death
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Mating Types
PPen Bred
PHand Mated
PArtificially Inseminated
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Artificial Insemination
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Use of Artificial Insemination inHawai`i
Year
1997 1998 1999
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Boar Exposure
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Effect of Boars on Gilt Estrus
Age, days165 175 185 195 205 215 225 235
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Boars No Boars
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Timing of Mating
Time from onset of estrus, hr0 11 22 33 44 55 66
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Litter Size (Y2)
Conception Rate (Y1)
Ovulation
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Parturition
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Baby Pig Care
PColostrum
PNeedle teeth
PTails
P Iron
PEar notch
PCross-foster
PCastrate
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Iron Injection
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Preweaning Mortality
Age0-3 days 4-7 days 1-3 weeks >3 weeks
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Preweaning Mortality
Birthweight, kg0.9 0.9-1.1 1.2-1.3 1.4-1.5 1.5-1.6 1.7+
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US Pigs Weaned
Year
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
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Pigs/Litter Litter/Yr
Source: National Pork Board
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Basis of Farming
PNature: 90% loss, 10% live to breed
PNurture: 10% loss, 10% needed to breed, and 80% go to market
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Sustainable Agriculture
“Sustainable agriculture would be a foodproduction and distribution system that meetsthe needs of the present generation withoutcompromising the ability of future generationsto meet their needs.” - Brundtland Commission
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Changes in Pork Production
Ontario 1951 - 1991
Animal Efficiencies 1951 1991Pigs/Sow/Year 6.2 12.13Market Weight (lb) 190.4 220.4% Carcass Yield 78 80% Lean 48 50.5
Source: Surgeoner and Dalrymple, 1993
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Land Required to Meet PorkDemand
1951 1991
Lean Pork Demand 86.9 158.8
Feed/Lean Pork 16.1 9.8
Land Base (acres) 1,796,000 916,000
Land Required Using 1951 Methods 3,285,000
Source: Surgeoner and Dalrymple, 1993