Case study: Productivity of the conservation and improvement nucleus of the swine breed Malhado de Alcobaça from EZN-INIAV IP

Authors

  • Ricardo Varino Instituto Politécnico de Santarém
  • António Sequeira Estação Zootécnica Nacional (EZN), Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV, IP), Portugal
  • Nuno Carolino Carolino Estação Zootécnica Nacional (EZN), Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV, IP), Portugal CIISA – Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Sociedade Portuguesa de Recursos Genéticos Animais (SPREGA), Portugal Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Coimbra, Portugal; Universidade de Évora, Portugal http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9079-7380
  • António Vicente Instituto Politécnico de Santarém, Portugal Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Unidade de Investigação do Instituto Politécnico de Santarém, Portugal Centro de Investigação em Qualidade de Vida, Portugal Livro Genealógico do Malhado de Alcobaça (LGMA) – FPAS, Portugal Sociedade Portuguesa de Recursos Genéticos Animais (SPREGA), Portugal http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5509

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25746/ruiips.v8.i3.21335

Keywords:

interval between births, Portuguese native breed, piglet, sow, prolificacy

Abstract

A study was carried out on the Portuguese native swine breed Malhado de Alcobaça, belonging to the conservation and improvement nucleus of EZN-INIAV, IP, with a view to its productive characterization. In this characterization, individual records of 43 sows with 173 births (June 2015-May 2019) and records from 2479 piglets and 4274 weights (September 2015-January 2020) were used. The global average values for the number services for fertilization were 1.81±1.58 inseminations, with a birth interval of 190.54±48.46 days, average prolificacy of 9.51±3.32 piglets and average duration of suckling 42.29±6.00 days and an average number of weaned piglets/sow of 6.59 ± 2.63. The birth weight was 1.33±0.30kg and showed a significant relationship with litter size, reducing by 20 grams for each additional piglet born. At 30 days of age, the weight was 6.86±1.73kg, significantly influenced by the age of the mother (maximum 26-28 months). Piglets at 90 days had an average weight of 27.14±7.32kg.

This swine nucleus is fundamental to preserve this endangered native breed, due to the possibility of studies, dissemination of genetics to other producers. The results obtained suggest the existence of low reproductive performance that must be analyzed in an attempt to improve reproductive parameters, namely through some management practices and minimization the increasing values of inbreeding.

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Published

2020-10-31

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Varino, R., Sequeira, A., Carolino, N. C., & Vicente, A. (2020). Case study: Productivity of the conservation and improvement nucleus of the swine breed Malhado de Alcobaça from EZN-INIAV IP. Revista Da UI_IPSantarém, 8(3), 104–119. https://doi.org/10.25746/ruiips.v8.i3.21335

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2020): How can Agriculture position itself for a sustainable ecological transition?

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