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- Title
THE IMPACT OF SEASON OF BIRTH AND BREEDING OF BOARS OF POLISH LANDRACE BREED ON THEIR INSEMINATION EFFICIENCY.
- Authors
POKRYWKA, Kazimierz; TERESZKIEWICZ, Krzysztof; RUDA, Maria
- Abstract
The effectiveness of breeding boars in insemination depends mainly on the skill of optimal use of their reproductive potential. Nevertheless, their semen is highly variable in its quality and physical characteristics, which makes it difficult to organise semen production for artificial insemination purposes. The present study contains an analysis of semen collected from Polish Landrace breed boars - the most popular pigs bred in Poland. It demonstrates that there is a statistically significant interaction between season of birth and reproductive season of Polish Landrace boars. What is more, it proves that these significant differences between reproductive performances of boars are closely connected to their breeding season and seasons of their birth and life. The results also illustrate how to improve organisation of insemination centres and make them better financially efficient.
- Subjects
SEASON of birth; BOARS; LANDRACE swine; SWINE breeds; ARTIFICIAL insemination
- Publication
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 3, p272
- ISSN
1332-9049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5513/JCEA01/15.3.1487