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Reproductive Technology and Its Impact on Sow Productivity
Posted in: Pork Insight Articles, Production by admin on July 22, 2015
The swine industry is an ever-changing and progressive industry and continued success is dependent on the implementation of new reproductive technologies. The use of improved reproductive technologies can have widespread effects on productivity and profitability in commercial swine operations. The evaluation of the relative fertility of commercial AI boars, the removing of lower fertility boars and the move to single-sire AI programs in combination with advanced AI technologies, holds significant potential economic benefits for the swine industry. Collectively, these technologies improve the use of elite boars with the highest genetic value and improve sow productivity in terms of farrowing rate, litter size and total pigs produced.