Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(1), 95-100 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563010095

Effect of Housing of Lactating Sows on Their Reproductive Performance and Losses of Piglets From Birth to Weaning

Pavel Nevrkla, Zdeněk Hadaš
Department of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The objective of this study was to evaluate selected reproductive parametres of sows stabled in farrowing houses with different technologies and losses of piglets from birth to weaning. Each variant involved 40 sows and 40 litters and the aim was to demonstrate the effect of the housing on losses of piglets. One variant (housing A) was modern while the other (housing B) was older. The total number of piglets reached in housing A was 13.18 ± 1.85 against 13.03 ± 1.91 in housing B. The values of live-born piglets reached 11.50 ± 1.36 in housing A against 11.36 ± 1.46 in housing B. The number of stillborn piglets found in housing A was 1.68 ± 1.49 and in housing B 1.65 ± 1.17. The differences found between the groups in the total number of piglets and the number of live-born and stillborn piglets are not statistically significant. The number of reared piglets was 10.03 ± 1.33 in housing A versus 8.78 ± 1.56 in housing B. In group of sows in farrowing house A (housing A) the recorded loss of piglets in pieces was 1.48 ± 1.04 against 2.60 ± 1.63 in housing B. In percentage the loss of piglets in housing A reached 12.56 ± 8.50 versus 22.29 ± 13.46 in housing B. Statistical analysis of the numbers of reared piglets and losses of piglets proved highly statistically signifficant differences (P ≤ 0.001).

Keywords: housing, farrowing house, reproduction, losses
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This study was supported by the project of MENDELU internal grant agency, Faculty of Agriculture No. TP 5/2014 and the NAZV Project No. QI 111A166 of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic.

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Nevrkla, P., & Hadaš, Z. (2015). Effect of Housing of Lactating Sows on Their Reproductive Performance and Losses of Piglets From Birth to Weaning. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 63(1), 95-100. doi: 10.11118/actaun201563010095
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