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Dr. Ken Stalder - Genetic and Management Methods to Improve Reproductive Efficiency in Sows
1. Genetic and Management Methods to
Improve Reproductive Efficiency in
Sows
Allen D. Leman Swine Conference:
Pre-Conference Program
University of Alberta-University of Minnesota
Reproduction Workshop:
12 - September - 2012
Ken Stalder, PhD
Professor & Extension Swine Specialist
Iowa State University, Ames
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
2. Introduction
Pork producer profits are constrained
Increased feed costs
Increased labor costs
Increased regulatory issues
Areas where production efficiency can be
improved should be continually evaluated.
Remain competitive with other protein food
sources
Remain competitive with other producers world-
wide
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
3. Increased Cost of Production
Feed costs have impacted pork production
in many ways.
Grow – finish cost of production
Gilt development costs
If feed costs had remained low and price high – Positive
NPV attained within P1 or P2
Increased feed costs – Positive NPV attained ~ P3
Really high feed costs – Positive NPV will not be attained until
feed costs decline or market price increases
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
4. Sow Longevity Value
Commercial producers and genetic
suppliers are recognizing the value of sow
longevity.
Value of retaining sows in the breeding herd for a
greater number of parities.
Many contributing factors leading to a sow
leaving the breeding herd earlier than farm
management desires.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
5. Complexity of Sow Length of Productive
Life
Involvement of
Genetics
Environmental
Caretaker skills or stockmanship
Gilt development
Gilt conformation
Fecundity
Nutrition
– Gilt development
– Gestation
– Lactation
Health
Housing
– Pen vs. crated environment
– Flooring
Behavior
Seasonal effects
Cull sow market price
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
6. Introduction
Many of these topics are not well
researched particularly when modern
housing systems and genetics are taken
into consideration.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
7. Incidence of failure to breed, lameness and culling for old
age, in the sows according to litter parity Dagorn & Aumaitre, 1978
100
90
Similar findings have been
Cumulated percentage of culled sows
reported in a more recent
80
70
60
50
40
popular press article in the
30
20
US
10
0
Conclusion very similar to
those previously presented
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >10
Number of litters per sow
Failure to breed Lameness Old Age Other Challenging data
Retrospective data
Reported vs real reason
sows are removed
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
8. Characterization of U.S. Midwestern cull
sows
Examined > 3,100 cull sows at harvest
Obtained data from two harvest plants
Farm production data from ~ 1,000 animals
available
Objective
Characterize physical and reproductive
conditions of cull sows from U.S. Midwestern sow
harvest plants
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
9. U.S. cull sow study- data collection
Traits measured
Foot lesions (presence or absence)
Front pad lesions
Rear pad lesions
Front cracked toes
Rear cracked toes
Front digital overgrowth
Rear digital overgrowth
Front missing dew claws
Rear missing dew claws
Front abscesses
Rear abscesses
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
10. U.S. cull sow study- results
Pad lesions- rear 67.5%, front 32.9%
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
11. U.S. cull sow study- results
Cracked toes- front 22.6%, rear 18.1%
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
12. U.S. cull sow study- results
Sows with front cracked toes compared to
sows without tended (P = 0.07) to have
fewer pigs born alive/day/herd life (0.0703
vs. 0.0725)
equates to ~0.8 pigs/sow/year
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
13. U.S. cull sow study- results
Digital overgrowth- rear 21.1%, front 3.5%
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
14. U.S. cull sow study- results
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
15. U.S. cull sow study- results
Sows with rear digital overgrowth in
comparison to sows without had
fewer (P < 0.05) pigs born alive in last litter (0.54)
tendency (P = 0.06) for decreased pigs born
alive/day/herd life (0.0702 vs. 0.0724)
equates to ~0.80 pigs/sow/year
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
16. U.S. cull sow study- results
Traits measured
reproductive tract evaluation
ovary status
normal- 84.7%
acyclic- 9.0%
cystic- 6.3%
pregnant- 5.9%
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
17. U.S. cull sow study- results
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
18. U.S. cull sow study- results
Traits measured
shoulder lesions
none- 82.7%
abrasions- 12.5%
open wounds- 4.8%
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
19. U.S. cull sow study- results
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
20. U.S. cull sow study- results
Sows with shoulder
lesions had 2.01 fewer
(P < 0.05) lifetime pigs
born alive compared
to sows without
shoulder lesions
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
21. U.S. cull sow study- results
Traits measured
Systematic lesions
Pneumonia- 9.7%
1-10% lung involvement from pneumonia- 5.0%
10% lung involvement from pneumonia- 4.7%
Pleural adhesions- 5.6%
Peritonitis- 1.7%
Other- < 1%
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
22. U.S. cull sow study- results
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
23. U.S. cull sow study- results
A higher percentage of lung involvement
from pneumonia tended (P < 0.10) to be
associated with higher producing sows
(lifetime pigs born alive, pigs
born/day/herd life)
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
24. U.S. cull sow study- results
Traits measured
Teeth
top teeth number
bottom teeth number
wear
minimum- 10.5%
moderate- 47.0%
severe- 42.5%
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
25. U.S. cull sow study- results
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
26. U.S. cull sow study- results
Sows with severe teeth wear in
comparison to sows without had
fewer (P = 0.06) pigs born alive in last litter (0.44)
fewer (P < 0.01) pigs born alive/day/herd life
(0.0704 vs. 0.0734)
equates to ~1.1 pigs/sow/year
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
28. U.S. cull sow study- reproductive failure
No heat most frequent farm culling code
in parity 1 (41.1%)
Did not conceive most common in parities
2 to 5 (39.2, 36.5, 25.4, and 27.4%,
respectively)
Of the sows culled for reproductive
failure, 86.2% were classified as having
normal ovaries
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
29. U.S. cull sow study- summary
U.S. cull sows evaluated at harvest had foot,
reproductive, shoulder, and systemic lesions
Body condition was associated with multiple
abnormal conditions of sows
Several conditions were associated with reduced
sow performance parameters (lifetime pigs born
alive, pigs born alive in last litter, pigs born
alive/day/herd life)
The majority of low parity sows were culled for
reproductive failure, but ovaries were normal in
appearance
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
30. Genetic Effects on Sow Longevity
Study designed to estimate the
phenotypic and genetic associations of
gilt compositional and structural
soundness traits with reproductive and
longevity traits
Determine factors measured or evaluated
early in a sow’s life that are associated
with superior sow productive lifetime.
Data collected through at least parity 5
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
31. Genetic Effects on Sow Longevity
The study involved 1447 females from two
commercially available genetic lines.
Gilts were on average 190 days of age and
124 kg body weight at the time of body
composition and structural soundness
evaluation.
National Pork Board Funded project
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
32. Genetic Effects on Sow Longevity
Traits evaluated
Compositional traits
Body weight,
Loin muscle area,
10th rib backfat, and
Last rib backfat.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
33. Genetic Effects on Sow Longevity
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
34. Genetic Effects on Sow Longevity
Reproductive traits evaluated
Lifetime total number born,
Lifetime number born alive,
Number born alive per lifetime days, and
Percentage productive days from total herd days.
Lifetime, herd days and removal parity were considered as
longevity traits.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
35. Means and heritability estimates for lifetime reproduction traits in study evaluating the
relationship between compositional, structural soundness, reproductive performance
and productive lifetime in commercial lines of sows.
REML
Mean ± s.e. Mean ± s.e. P-valuea h² ± s.e.
Lifetime reproduction Across genetic
Grandparent line Parent line lines
Lifetime total number
born 40.94 ± 1.74 46.01 ± 1.31 0.04 0.16 ± 0.06
Lifetime number born
alive 37.71 ± 1.62 41.17 ± 1.14 0.04 0.17 ± 0.06
LBA/Lb 0.040 ±
0.036 ± 0.001 0.001 0.005 0.16 ± 0.06
PD%c 58.22 ± 1.48 62.79 ± 0.95 0.01 0.14 ± 0.06
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
36. Genetic Effects on Sow Longevity
~ 70% of the females were removed prior to the sixth parity. At
the termination of data collection,
14% of the females were still alive and in production at the
commercial sow herd.
Reproductive failure was the most frequent culling reason during
the first three parities and it caused the loss of 16% of the
research females before the fourth parity.
Culling for lameness or feet and leg problems primarily occurred
prior to the third parity causing the removal of 7.5% of the young
females.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
37. Genetic Effects on Sow Longevity
Heritability Estimates
Longevity traits 0.12 to 0.16
Lifetime reproduction traits 0.13 to 0.17
Compositional traits 0.50 - 0.70
Body structure traits 0.11 - 0.34
Leg structure traits 0.07 - 0.29
Greatest heritability estimates were obtained for weak front and rear pastern postures 0.28 and
0.29, respectively.
Overall leg action 0.12
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
38. Genetic Effects on Sow Longevity Genetic
Correlation Estimates
Most were low and non-significant (P > 0.05)
Larger loin muscle area was significantly
associated with greater lifetime, removal
parity and lifetime number born
Less upright rear legs were associated with
greater lifetime born alive per day of life and
percentage of productive days and
intermediate rear foot size with greater
lifetime and removal parities.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
39. Sow Longevity and Genetic Progress
Relationship
Replacement and culling decisions should not be
influence by the genetic progress occurring in the
maternal lines from their genetic supplier.
Under the most optimistic genetic improvement
situations, a sow would not be replaced until the 6 th or 7th
parity.
This represents the parities where the value of the
genetic progress that has occurred for maternal and
growth traits is equal to or greater than the gilt
development variable costs.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
40. Sow Longevity and Genetic Progress
Relationship
The parity at which gilt development variable costs and
the genetic progress value are equal defines the number
of parities that commercial breeding herds should cull
sows for old age.
Under realistic genetic improvement values, the
cumulative value for the genetic improvement made
across the traits is equal to the gilt development costs
to at least the 10th parity or greater.
Genetic issues should not enter into culling /
replacement decisions for breeding herd sows
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
41. Summary
Many factors contribute to the ability of a
sow to have a long and productive herd
life.
These factors include genetic and
environmental issues.
A renewed focus on sow nutrition
research is warranted.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science
42. Summary
Many traits genetically correlated with
sow productive lifetime and can be
improved through selection.
We cannot ignore the people factor on any
production process including pork
production.
Caretaker skills / stockmanship /
management ability, effects on the sow
productivity cannot be underestimated.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Animal Science