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Table 10 Mean values of reproductive performance between the three farm productivity groups of either high prolific or low prolific sows in consecutive paritiesa,b

From: High-performing farms exploit reproductive potential of high and low prolific sows better than low-performing farms

  

Consecutive parity

Farm groupsc

Nd

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

 

High prolific sowse

  

Farrowing rate, %

High-performing farms

6624

91.5 (0.57)

88.4 (0.72)

90.5 (0.64)

90.1 (0.67)

89.6 (0.72)

88.6 (0.80)

86.9 (0.96)

Intermediate-performing farms

3744

87.3 (0.74)

83.6 (0.88)

87.1 (0.79)

85.4 (0.88)

84.5 (0.97)

84.1 (1.05)

83.2 (1.22)

Low-performing farms

784

81.7 (1.65)

79.0 (1.81)

81.6 (1.77)

84.5 (1.71)

84.3 (1.84)

78.5 (2.34)

77.2 (2.84)

  

Weaning-to-first-mating interval, days

High-performing farms

6139

7.2 (0.19)

5.9 (0.19)

5.8 (0.19)

5.7 (0.19)

5.5 (0.19)

5.3 (0.20)

Intermediate-performing farms

3447

7.2 (0.15)

6.1 (0.16)

6.0 (0.16)

5.9 (0.16)

5.7 (0.17)

5.5 (0.18)

Low-performing farms

715

7.3 (0.25)

6.0 (0.26)

6.4 (0.26)

5.7 (0.27)

5.9 (0.29)

5.6 (0.33)

 

Low prolific sowse

  

Farrowing rate, %

High-performing farms

3332

90.2 (0.69)

84.5 (0.96)

87.2 (0.90)

88.9 (0.87)

89.9 (0.88)

88.4 (1.04)

87.6 (1.33)

Intermediate-performing farms

4575

87.3 (0.64)

81.1 (0.84)

84.5 (0.78)

85.2 (0.80)

85.0 (0.86)

85.5 (0.92)

83.8 (1.15)

Low-performing farms

2213

83.6 (1.05)

75.3 (1.37)

80.0 (1.28)

80.4 (1.34)

81.7 (1.39)

80.2 (1.58)

83.2 (1.62)

  

Weaning-to-first-mating interval, days

High-performing farms

2869

7.0 (0.19)

5.8 (0.19)

5.7 (0.19)

5.6 (0.20)

5.5 (0.21)

5.4 (0.24)

Intermediate-performing farms

3948

7.3 (0.14)

6.3 (0.14)

6.1 (0.14)

5.8 (0.15)

5.7 (0.16)

5.6 (0.17)

Low-performing farms

1903

7.2 (0.19)

6.2 (0.20)

6.1 (0.20)

5.9 (0.21)

6.1 (0.22)

5.7 (0.24)

  1. aMeans and SE were estimated by mixed models
  2. bSignificant differences (e.g. a, b) were not shown in this Table, because there were no 3-way interactions between sow groups, farm groups and parity groups for both farrowing rate and the weaning-to-first-mating interval (P ≥ 0.05)
  3. cSow groups based on the upper and lower 10th percentiles of piglets born alive in parity 1: High- (15 piglets or more)- and Low- (7 piglets or fewer) prolific sows
  4. dN represents the initial number of sows
  5. eCategorized by farm means of the upper and lower 25th percentiles of annualized lifetime piglets weaned per sow: High- (> 24.7 piglets); Intermediate- (24.7 to 21.2 piglets) and Low- (< 21.2 piglets) performing farms