bp0014cpr20 | Components of Prolificacy in Pigs | CPR1993
Christenson R. K.
, Vallet J. L.
, Leymaster K. A.
, Young L. D.
The Meishan pig provides a biological model with the genetic capacity to express a
high prolificacy. This prolificacy can be partially attributed to a higher ovulation rate
and a higher rate of prenatal survival at a given ovulation rate throughout gestation
than in European breeds. Both early embryonic survival (factors inherent to the
ovum and uterus, which occur before day 25 of gestation) and uterine capacity
(factors inherent to uterine limitation, which occur from 3...