Gilt Management for Fertility and Longevity

PHYSIOLOGY AND ENDOCRINOLOGY SYMPOSIUM: Factors influencing follicle development in gilts and sows and management strategies used to regulate growth for control of estrus and ovulation1

(2019) Robert V Knox   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Regulatory gene network from a genome-wide association study for sow lifetime productivity traits

(2018) J.-H. Kang et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Heritability estimates and effect on lifetime reproductive performance of age at puberty in sows

(2018) Qingqing Li et al.   ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE

The sex ratio of a litter affects the behaviour of its female pigs until at least 16 weeks of age

(2018) Jemma Seyfang et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Using body measurements to estimate body weight in gilts

(2018) Mohammad Sheik Al Ard Khanji et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

117 A Low Litter Birth Weight Phenotype Reduces the Retention Rate of Potential Replacement Gilts.

(2018) J Patterson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

The sex ratio of a gilt

(2018) J. Seyfang et al.   Animal Production Science

Relationship Between the Estimated Breeding Values for Litter Traits at Birth and Ovarian and Embryonic Traits and Their Additive Genetic Variance in Gilts at 35 Days of Pregnancy

(2018) Carolina L. A. Da Silva et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Anogenital distance reflects the sex ratio of a gilt’s birth litter and predicts her reproductive success1

(2018) Jemma Seyfang et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Sow removal in commercial herds: Patterns and animal level factors in Finland

(2018) Paula Bergman et al.   PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

026 Genetic improvement of sow lifetime productivity

(2017) G. A. Rohrer et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

068 Characterization of birth weight and colostrum intake on piglet survival and piglet quality

(2017) J. G. Wiegert et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Using first and second parity number born alive information to estimate later reproductive performance in sows

(2017) Tasha R. Gruhot et al.   Livestock Science

Ovarian follicle development and genital tract characteristics in different birthweight gilts at 150 days of age

(2017) FRCL Almeida et al.   REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS

Validation of the use of exogenous gonadotropins (PG600) to increase the efficiency of gilt development programs without affecting lifetime productivity in the breeding herd1

(2016) J. Patterson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Long-term effects of colostrum intake in piglet mortality and performance1

(2016) I. Declerck et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Litter-of-origin trait effects on gilt development1

(2016) J. L. Vallet et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Low birth weight affects lifetime productive performance and longevity of female swine

(2016) D. Magnabosco et al.   Livestock Science

Genetic analysis of sow longevity and sow lifetime reproductive traits using censored data

(2015) L. Engblom et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS

Relationships between day one piglet serum immunoglobulin immunocrit and subsequent growth, puberty attainment, litter size, and lactation performance1

(2015) J. L. Vallet et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Age at puberty, ovulation rate, and uterine length of developing gilts fed two lysine and three metabolizable energy concentrations from 100 to 260 d of age1

(2015) J. A. Calderón Díaz et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Number of ovulations in culled Landrace × Yorkshire gilts in the tropics associated with age, body weight and growth rate

(2015) Padet TUMMARUK et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE

Within-litter variation in birth weight: impact of nutritional status in the sow

(2015) Tao-lin Yuan et al.   Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B

Number of pigs born alive in parity 1 sows associated with lifetime performance and removal hazard in high- or low-performing herds in Japan

(2015) Ryosuke Iida et al.   PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

Current strategies for reproductive management of gilts and sows in North America

(2015) Robert R Kraeling et al.   Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Effects of age and growth rate at onset of boar exposure on oestrus manifestation and first farrowing performance of Landrace×large white gilts

(2014) D. Magnabosco et al.   Livestock Science

Effect of birth weight and colostrum intake on mortality and performance of piglets after cross-fostering in sows of different parities

(2014) C.V. Ferrari et al.   PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

Consequences of different dietary energy sources during follicular development on subsequent fertility of cyclic gilts

(2013) F. R. C. L. Almeida et al.   Animal

Consequences of a low litter birth weight phenotype for postnatal lean growth performance and neonatal testicular morphology in the pig

(2013) M. N. Smit et al.   Animal

Genome-wide prediction of age at puberty and reproductive longevity in sows

(2013) J. K. Tart et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

The welfare implications of large litter size in the domestic pig I: biological factors

(2013) KMD Rutherford et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

Genetic associations for gilt growth, compositional, and structural soundness traits with sow longevity and lifetime reproductive performance1

(2013) M. T. Nikkilä et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Data Science and its Relationship to Big Data and Data-Driven Decision Making

(2013) Foster Provost et al.   Big Data

Effect of Sex Ratio in the Litter in Which Polish Large White and Polish Landrace Sows were Born on the Number of Piglets Born and Reared

(2012) Anna Rekiel et al.   Annals of Animal Science

An analysis of survey data by size of the breeding herd for the reproductive management practices of North American sow farms

(2012) R. V. Knox et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

LACTATION BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM: Lactocrine signaling and developmental programming1,2

(2012) F. F. Bartol et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Influence of age at first estrus, body weight, and average daily gain of replacement gilts on their subsequent reproductive performance as sows

(2012) A. Roongsitthichai et al.   Livestock Science

Undernutrition during early follicle development has irreversible effects on ovulation rate and embryos

(2012) T. Y. Chen et al.   REPRODUCTION FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT

Ovarian activity and uterus organometry in delayed puberty gilts

(2011) Ivan Stancic et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Reproductive performance of gilts according to growth rate and backfat thickness at mating

(2010) W.S. Amaral Filha et al.   ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE

The effect of gilt age at first estrus and breeding on third estrus on sow body weight changes and long-term reproductive performance1

(2010) J. L. Patterson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Factors associated with sow stayability in 6 genotypes1

(2010) M. Knauer et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Phenotypic and genetic correlations between gilt estrus, puberty, growth, composition, and structural conformation traits with first-litter reproductive measures

(2010) M. T. Knauer et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Associations between Age of Gilts at First Mating and Lifetime Performance or Culling Risk in Commercial Herds

(2010) Hikari SAITO et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE

Sows having high lifetime efficiency and high longevity associated with herd productivity in commercial herds

(2008) Yosuke Sasaki et al.   Livestock Science

Growth rate and age at boar exposure as factors influencing gilt puberty

(2008) W.S. Amaral Filha et al.   Livestock Science

Reproductive Performance of Gilts with Similar Age but with Different Growth Rate at the Onset of Puberty Stimulation

(2008) R Kummer et al.   REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS