The breeding facility is arguably the most complex stage of production in the swine industry. There are a lot of factors that influence the productivity of the sow and those first few weeks of life for the piglets will impact how efficiently they grow for the rest of their lives. In today’s episode, Dr. Laura Greiner and Jennifer Patterson discuss some of the key components of determining sow lifetime productivity and what recent research has shown for the interactions between sows and low birth weight pigs.

"𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴." - 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

1. Key components of sow lifetime productivity

2. Can pubertal age influence sow longevity?

3. Boar exposure in gilt development

4. Methods of determining gilt weight

5. Interactions between birth weight and phenotype

6. Factors that may influence sows to have more low birth weight pigs

7. Research philosophy and sample sizes

8. Key points

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Jennifer Patterson is a research coordinator at the University of Alberta and is part of a team at Livestock Gentec where she currently works closely with clients in the swine industry conducting research focused on health resiliency. At the University, Jennifer is the Senior Research Coordinator for the Swine Reproduction & Development Program (SRDP). She received her MS in Animal Science from the University of Alberta, specializing in Gilt Management and Reproduction. She is responsible for the overall delivery of animal-based research for the SRDP program which includes the administration and coordination of research projects, the analysis and development of research reports and scientific manuscripts, and the presentation of results at various local and international meetings and conferences. She works closely with industry partners and pork production systems in North America to optimize breeding herd management and conducts innovative research projects in commercial settings. Most recently Jennifer is responsible for the overall management of the multi-year, multi-institution, research project on Sow Lifetime productivity (SLP).

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺.

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