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Physiological and economic feasibility of hormonally induced ovulation in lactating Large White sows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

H. Epstein  and
S. Kadmon
H. Epstein
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
S. Kadmon
Affiliation:
The Livestock Institute of Science and Research, Lahav
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Summary

Eighty-nine lactating sows, which had farrowed at least once before, were given 140 injections with 2000, 1800 or 1500 i.u. pregnant mare serum hormone. Seventy sows served as controls. 124 injections with 2000 i.u. P.M.S. were followed by 113 oestrus reactions and 88 pregnancies, and 16 injections with 1800 or 1500 i.u. by eleven instances of oestrus and six of pregnancy.

Oestrus occurred in 69% of the positive reactors on the 5th day after injection, and in the rest either earlier or later. The interval between the P.M.S. injection and the onset of oestrus was similar to that between weaning and oestrus in the controls.

The difference between the pregnancy rate of 71% following injection with 2000 i.u. P.M.S. and that of 83% in the control sows from the first oestrus after weaning was found to be statistically highly significant.

Mean litter size and weight were not affected by different time intervals between farrowing and P.M.S. injection, nor were there any statistically significant differences in size and weight of litters at birth or at weaning at 8 weeks of age between those of hormonally treated sowsand the controls.

The shortening of the farrowing interval by P.M.S. injection had no after-effect on the sizeand weight of litters subsequently obtained with or without hormone application.

Injections with 1800 or 1500 i.u. P.M.S. were followed by a reduced pregnancy rate, but the few litters thus obtained were similar in mean size and weight to those obtained with 2000 i.u.or those of the controls.

Sows that did not come on heat or become pregnant following P.M.S. injection came into heat at the same times after weaning of their litters as the control sows.

The shortening of the farrowing interval by an average of 22 days was considered to be of sufficiently high economic value to warrant the introduction on the farm where the experiment wasconducted of the routine application of 2000 i.u. P.M.S. to all gilts and sows on the 28th day after farrowing.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 72 , Issue 3 , June 1969 , pp. 365 - 370
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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