components of prolificacy in hyperprolific large white sows compared with the meishan and large white breeds组件相比,多产性大白母猪多产的梅山和大型白色品种.pdfVIP

Components of prolificacy in hyperprolific Large White sows compared with the Meishan and Large White breeds G. BOLET Françoise MARTINAT BOTTE* A. LOCATELLI* J. GRUAND M. TERQUI Françoise BERTHELOT ’v‘ INRA, Station de nétiqueGéquantitative et appliquée F 78530 Jouy-en-Josas ’fi* INRA, Station de Physiologie de la Reproduction F 37380 Monnaie *** INRA, Station experimentale de Selection porcine F 86480 Rouillé Summary We identified the most prolific sows in French Large White herds and 17 hyperprolific sows (HLW) were bought whose average litter size on 3 farrowings was 16.5 piglets born alive, i.e. a superiority of 5.3 piglets per litter over their contemporaries. In 1 to 3 subsequent pregnancies we compared ovulation and embryonic mortality rates of 10 HLW with those of 10 Large White (LW) and 7 Meishan (MS) sows. The ovulation rate of HLW was significantly higher than that of LW (-!- 5.3) and MS +(5.7). The ovulation rate of HLW daughters was higher by 2.1 corpora lutea compared to that of LW gilts at the 3rd oestrus after puberty, which occurred at the same age in the 2 genotypes (228 days) ; MS gilts were pubescent significantly earlier (88 days) and had a significantly lower ovulation rate than both Large White groups. The embryonic mortality rate was high in HLW sows (41 p. 100), whereas that of MS sows was low (16 p. 100), compared to that of LW sows (26 p. 100). Regression of embryonic mortality rate on ovulation rate was significantly positive (!- 2.5), and embryonic mortality rate remained significantly high