Poorer lifetime growth performance of gilt progeny compared with sow progeny is largely due to weight differences at birth and reduced growth in the preweaning period, and is not improved by progeny segregation after weaning

JR Craig; CL Collins; KL Bunter; JJ Cottrell; FR Dunshea; JR Pluske

Journal article

Poorer lifetime growth performance of gilt progeny compared with sow progeny is largely due to weight differences at birth and reduced growth in the preweaning period, and is not improved by progeny segregation after weaning

JR Craig, CL Collins, KL Bunter, JJ Cottrell, FR Dunshea, JR Pluske

Journal of Animal Science | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.2527/jas2017.1868

University of Melbourne Researchers

Jeremy Cottrell Author Agriculture and Food

Frank Dunshea Author Agriculture and Food

Related Projects (2)

QUANTIFYING THE UNDERLYING BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR PERFORMANCE VARIATION IN GILT PROGENY

APL 2014/461 Optimising the progeny of first-litter sows in the Australian herd

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the technical research teams from Rivalea (Australia) Pty. Ltd. (Corowa, Australia) and The University of Melbourne (Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences; Parkville, Australia) for their assistance on this project. This research was funded by Australian Pork Limited (APL; Canberra, Australia), and J. Craig was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award (PhD) from Murdoch University (Murdoch, Australia).