Benchmarking Lifetime Production
By Stephanie Rutten, DVM, University of Minnesota - In routine sow herd benchmarking, attention is given to parameters such as pigs born alive/litter, farrowing rate, and pigs weaned/mated female/year (PW/MF/Y). From a productivity standpoint, these measures reflect efficiencies of both the sow time and sow space.
31 July 2006
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