美国养猪课件Swine Management.pptVIP

Swine Management Characteristics of swine Pigs are Homeotherms Maintain a constant body temperature Pigs are Monogastrics Pigs have very few sweat glands Housing Types of houses Outside pen A- frame houses Open front buildings Environmentally regulated buildings Housing Housing Reproduction Natural AI Heat period averages 2 days and occurs every 20-21 days Can synchronize gilts by putting them together and in a pen next to a boar Lock up when in heat (Lordosis) Reproduction Reproduction Boar penis is corkscrewed AI rod has to be corkscrewed as well Boar semen cannot be frozen Shipped fresh ove