Document Type
Report
Report Number
A.S. Series 74-32
Publication Date
1974
Summary
At a time when pigs reach market weight at 5 to 6 months of age, when continuous farrowing allowing gilts to fit into the farrowing program any time of the year is more popular and when feed costs are very high for the 2 to 3 months of unproductive time while the gilt is reaching 8 months of age, it is time to reevaluate our recommendation of age at which gilts should be bred. The following data are from an initial experiment designed to compare reproductive performance of gilts bred at 6 months of age (approximately first estrus) with gilts bred at 8 months of age (approximately third estrus).
Number of Pages
4
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Libal, George W. and Wahlstrom, Richard W., "Age of Breeding and Reproductive Performance of Gilts" (1974). South Dakota Swine Field Day Proceedings and Research Reports, 1974. 9.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_swine_1974/9