Summary Background: reproductive traits influence lifetime productivity of sows. Objective: to determine the effects of year and season of farrowing, parity number, and breed, on litter size at birth, weaning to service interval (WSI), farrowing to service interval (FSI), and to estimate their repeatabilities. Methods: data from years 1998 to 2008 from a farm in La Piedad, Michoacan, Mexico, were used. Sow breeds were Camborough 22 (PIC), Yorkshire (Y), F1 Landrace x Yorkshire (F1 LY), and ¼ Landrace x ¾ Yorkshire (LY3/4). The studied traits were total pigs born at birth (TPB, n = 45,798), number of pigs born alive (PBA, n = 45,798), WSI (n = 41,156), and FSI (n = 41,156). The statistical model for TPB and PBA included the effects of farrowing year, farrowing season, parity number, breed, and year/season interaction. The model for WSI and FSI included the above factors plus the linear and quadratic effects of lactation length. Results: the overall means for TPB, PBA, WSI, and FSI were 9.31 pigs, 8.60 pigs, 7.87 days, and 29.9 days, respectively. All effects included in the statistical models were significant (p Conclusions: year, parity, breed, and lactation length affected litter size, WSI, and FSI. Repeatabilities were low, suggesting that environmental factors are more important than genetic factors for improving the reproductive traits. Keywords: farrowing to service interval, litter size, pigs born alive, total pigs born, weaning to service interval Resumen Antecedentes: las caracteristicas reproductivas afectan el tiempo de vida productivo de la cerda. Objetivo: determinar el efecto del ano de parto, epoca de parto, numero de parto y grupo racial sobre caracteristicas de la camada al nacimiento, intervalo destete servicio (WSI), intervalo parto servicio (FSI), y estimar sus repetibilidades. Metodos: se utilizaron los datos de 1998 a 2008 de una granja en La Piedad, Michoacan, Mexico. Las cerdas pertenecian a los grupos raciales Camborough linea 22 (PIC), Yorkshire (Y), F1 Landrace x Yorkshire (F1LY), y ¼ Landrace ¾ x Yorkshire (LY3/4). Las caracteristicas estudiadas fueron el total de lechones nacidos (TPB, n = 45.798), numero de lechones nacidos vivos (PBA, n = 45.798), intervalo destete a servicio (WSI, n = 41.156) e intervalo parto a servicio (FSI, n = 41.156). El modelo estadistico para TPB y PBA incluyo los efectos de ano de parto, epoca de parto, numero de parto, grupo racial, y la interaccion de ano por epoca. El modelo para WSI y FSI incluyo ademas los efectos lineal y cuadratico de duracion de la lactacion. Resultados: las medias para TPB, PBA, WSI y FSI fueron 9,31 lechones, 8,60 lechones, 7,87 dias y 29,9 dias, respectivamente. Todos los efectos incluidos en los modelos fueron significativos (p Conclusiones: el ano, numero de parto, grupo racial y duracion de la lactacion afectaron los tamanos de camada, WSI y FSI. Las repetibilidades fueron bajas, lo que sugiere que los factores ambientales son mas importantes que los factores geneticos cuando se quiere mejorar las caracteristicas reproductivas. Palabras claves : intervalo destete servicio, intervalo parto servicio, lechones nacidos vivos, tamano de camada, total de lechones nacidos. Resumo Antecedentes : as caracteristicas reprodutivas afetam a produtividade de por vida da porca. Objetivo: determinar o efeito de ano de parto, epoca de parto, numero de parto e grupo racial sobre caracteristicas da ninhada ao nascimento, intervalo desmama servico (WSI), intervalo parto servico (FSI) e estimar suas repetibilidades. Metodos: utilizaram-se os dados de 1998 a 2008 de uma granja em La Piedad, Michoacan, Mexico. As porcas pertenciam aos grupos raciais Camborough linea 22 (PIC), Yorkshire (Y), F1 Landrace x Yorkshire (F1 LY) y ¼ Landrace ¾ x Yorkshire (LY3/4). As caracteristicas estudadas foram o total de leitoes nascidos (TPB, n = 45.798), numero de leitoes nascidos vivos (PBA, n = 45.798), WSI (n = 41.156) e FSI (n = 41.156). O modelo estadistico para TPB e PBA inclui os efeitos de ano de parto, epoca de parto, numero de parto, grupo racial e a interacao de ano por epoca. O modelo para WSI e FSI inclui ademais os efeitos lineais e quadraticos do largo de lactacao. Resultados: as medias para TPB, PBA, WSI e FSI foram 9,31 leitoes, 8,60 leitoes, 7,87 dias e 29,9 dias, respectivamente. Todos os efeitos incluidos em os modelos foram significativos (p Conclusoes: o ano, numero de parto, grupo racial e largo de lactacao afetaram o tamanho de ninhada WSI e FSI. As repetibilidades foram baixas, o que sugere que os fatores ambientais sao mais importantes que os fatores geneticos em a melhora das caracteristicas reprodutivas. Palavras chave : intervalo desmama servico, intervalo parto servico, leitoes nascidos vivos, tamanho da ninhada, total de leitoes nascidos.
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