• Managing reproduction in hyperprolific sow herds 

      Bortolozzo, Fernando Pandolfo; Zanin, Gabriela Piovesan; Ulguim, Rafael da Rosa; Mellagi, Ana Paula Gonçalves (2023) [Artigo de periódico]
      The rearing of large litters from hyperprolific sows is a characteristic of modern genotypes. However, these sows have body and reproductive characteristics that differentiate them from the genotypes of the past decades, ...
    • Reproductive performance, retention rate, and age at the third parity according to growth rate and age at first mating in the gilts with a modern genotype 

      Faccin, Jamil Elias Ghiggi; Laskoski, Fernanda; Lesskiu, Paulo Emílio; Paschoal, Aline Fernanda Lopes; Mallmann, André Luis; Bernardi, Mari Lourdes; Mellagi, Ana Paula Gonçalves; Wentz, Ivo; Bortolozzo, Fernando Pandolfo (2017) [Artigo de periódico]
      Background: Gilts represent the largest category (18-20%) of female pigs in a breeding herd. Under field conditions, the amplitude of growth rate and age at the first mating of gilts are remarkably higher than the ...