Productive Performance Comparisons in PEAK Swine Genetic Herds
 

May 12, 2003

Trailblazer sires

BREEDING HERD

Herd A

Herd A

Herd A

Herd A

Herd A

Herd A

Herd A

Herd A

Common health status

Jan 96 - Dec 96

Jan 97 - Dec 97

Jan 98 - Dec 98

Jan 99 - Dec 99

Jan 00 - Dec 00

Jan 01 - Dec 01

Jan 02 - Dec 02

Jul 00 - Jun 01

Total number of services

1086

1140

1123

1129

1066

1038

1087

1067

Percent repeat services

4.6

4.0

2.9

4.1

4.2

1.7

3.4

3.5

Weaning - 1st service interval

5.8

5.9

5.3

5.5

6.9

7.0

7.5

7.4

Percent sows bred by 7 days

95.0

94.0

97.0

96.0

90.6

90.0

89.1

89.5

Number of sows farrowed

986

1037

1012

1029

988

956

934

964

Ave parity of farrowed sows

3.3

4.0

4.5

4.1

3.4

3.8

4.0

3.7

Average total pigs per litter

11.3

11.3

11.3

11.4

11.4

12.6

12.5

12.1

Average total born live/litter

10.7

10.7

10.4

10.6

10.8

12.0

11.9

11.4

Farrowing rate

91.6

91.8

91.7

91.0

91.0

92.5

87.8

90.7

Litters/mated female/year

2.46

2.46

2.43

2.44

2.45

2.44

2.38

2.43

Number of litters weaned

992

1026

1018

1047

933

885

962

883

Pigs weaned per litter

9.6

9.5

9.6

9.4

10.0

10.5

10.8

10.2

Pre-weaning mortality

9.6

10.3

9.3

11.0

8.2

7.9

6.2

8.1

Average weaning weight, kg

7.7

7.3

7.7

7.3

7.4

8.0

7.5

8.1

Average age at weaning

27

26

27

26

26

26

27

28

Pigs weaned/mated female/yr

23.9

23.1

23.2

22.9

24.4

25.6

25.8

24.7

Ending female inventory

412

423

430

411

400

433

412

423

Average parity

3.2

3.5

3.6

2.8

3.0

3.3

3.3

3.4

Replacement rate

36.7

44.1

42.2

48.1

43.8

42.2

39.5

37.6

Sow Mortality

n/a

n/a

n/a

1.2

1.8

2.7

3.2

3.0

   

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PEAK

Other

PEAK

Other

PEAK

Other

PEAK

Other

BREEDING HERD

Herd B

Herd B

Herd B

Herd B

Herd B

Herd B

Herd B

Herd B

Herd B

Herd B

Herd B

Herd B

Mh-positive

Jan 01 - Dec 01

Jan 01 - Dec 01

Jan 01 - Dec 01

Jan 01 - Aug 01

Jan 01 - Dec 01

Jan 01 - Dec 01

Jan 01 - Dec 01

Jan 01 - Dec 01

May 01 - Oct 01

May 00 - Apr 01

Jan 01 - Dec 01

Jan 02 - Dec 02

Parity 1

Parity 1

Parity 2

Parity 2

Parity 3

Parity 3

Parity 4

Parity 4

Total number of services

195

18

109

87

25

149

26

121

675

1287

1315

1311

Percent repeat services

3.6

11.1

6.4

4.6

0.0

8.1

3.8

4.1

5.5

6.5

6.0

4.7

Weaning - 1st service interval

6.8

9.0

6.3

5.5

4.3

4.9

4.6

4.9

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.2

Percent sows bred by 7 days

86.7

81.3

92.2

95.2

100.0

95.6

96.0

96.6

95.2

95.6

94.3

94.8

Number of sows farrowed

197

3

120

73

42

135

25

137

599

1156

1153

1185

Ave parity of farrowed sows

1.0

1.0

2.0

2.0

3.0

3.0

4.0

4.0

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

Average total pigs per litter

11.4

14.0

11.7

12.4

13.3

12.8

12.9

13.1

12.2

12.4

12.4

12.7

Average total born live/litter

10.8

13.7

11.1

11.8

12.8

11.9

12.5

12.2

11.4

11.4

11.6

11.9

Farrowing rate

92.5

100.0

93.8

92.4

89.4

89.4

89.3

88.4

90.2

88.6

88.4

90.0

Litters/mated female/year

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2.49

2.46

2.47

2.48

Number of litters weaned

200

7

112

88

31

142

25

130

570

1154

1156

1173

Pigs weaned per litter

10.2

10.7

10.6

10.8

10.4

10.8

11.0

10.9

10.6

10.5

10.6

11.0

Pre-weaning mortality

8.3

15.7

7.5

7.8

12.3

7.3

10.1

8.6

7.6

8.1

8.2

7.9

Average weaning weight, kg

7.1

7.3

7.0

7.4

7.1

7.3

7.4

7.3

7.1

7.4

7.2

6.9

Average age at weaning

23

23

23

23

22

23

24

23

23

23

23

23

Pigs weaned/mated female/yr

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

26.5

25.8

26.3

27.1

Ending female inventory

81

0

71

0

42

28

1

53

494

487

493

503

Average parity

1.0

1.0

2.0

2.0

3.0

3.0

4.0

4.0

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

Replacement rate

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

42.1

43.8

42.9

43.0

Sow Mortality

1.0

1.0

2.0

5.0

0.0

2.0

0.0

5.0

4.8

6.3

5.8

2.6

 

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Herd C

Herd C

Herd C

Herd C

Herd C

Herd C

Herd C

Herd C

Herd C

Herd C

Herd C

BREEDING HERD
High health status

Jan 01 - Apr 01

Feb 01 - May 01

Feb 01 - Sep 01

Jan 01 - Dec 01

Jan 02 - Sep 02

Apr 02 - Mar 03

Feb 02 - Sep 02

Feb 02 - Sep 02

Feb 02 - Sep 02

Feb 02 - Sep 02

Feb 02 - Sep 02

Gilts

Parity 1

Parity 2

Parity 3

Parity 4

Total number of services

154

181

512

807

619

809

117

36

57

235

109

Percent repeat services

5.2

4.4

6.4

5.8

5.0

5.3

10.3

8.3

7.0

3.0

3.7

Weaning - 1st service interval

n/a

4.9

5.1

5.0

4.5

4.3

n/a

4.8

5.1

4.3

4.4

Percent sows bred by 7 days

n/a

90.9

95.4

96.1

98.3

99.3

n/a

97.0

94.3

99.6

98.1

Number of sows farrowed

47

59

342

561

590

756

0

62

29

253

176

Ave parity of farrowed sows

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.4

3.0

3.3

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

Average total pigs per litter

9.0

9.3

9.8

10.9

12.4

12.5

n/a

10.2

12.0

12.7

13.1

Average total born live/litter

8.4

8.7

9.3

10.3

11.6

11.6

n/a

9.6

11.4

12.0

12.3

Farrowing rate

n/a

n/a

82.8

89.8

94.8

92.2

n/a

80.5

85.3

96.6

95.7

Litters/mated female/year

n/a

n/a

2.38

2.48

2.49

2.48

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Number of litters weaned

15

30

288

515

568

752

0

54

45

274

135

Pigs weaned per litter

7.5

7.7

8.5

9.0

10.7

10.6

n/a

9.0

10.6

11.1

11.1

Pre-weaning mortality

8.2

7.9

5.5

5.3

5.8

6.8

n/a

5.6

4.3

5.9

6.7

Average weaning weight, kg

8.0

8.4

7.7

8.7

8.3

8.5

n/a

8.9

8.5

8.3

8.4

Average age at weaning

22

24

22

25

25

25

n/a

26

24

25

25

Pigs weaned/mated female/yr

n/a

n/a

20.3

22.4

26.7

26.3

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Ending female inventory

244

281

323

306

315

305

63

35

11

50

156

Average parity

0.2

0.2

1.0

1.7

2.6

2.7

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

Replacement rate

n/a

n/a

n/a

9.3

51.5

57.2

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Sow Mortality

0.0

2.5

1.5

1.3

0.8

4.8

0.0

3.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

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Parity 1

Parity 2

Parity 3

Herd

BREEDING HERD

Herd D

Herd D

Herd D

Herd D

Herd D

Herd D

Herd D

Herd D

Herd D

Mh-Positive

Feb 00 - Sep 00

Jul 00 - Oct 00

Aug 00 - Nov 00

Nov 99 - Oct 00

Nov 99 - Oct 00

Nov 99 - Oct 00

Nov 99 - Oct 00

Apr 00 - Mar 01

Dec 01 - May 02

Total number of services

967

334

305

516

431

214

1405

1484

737

Percent repeat services

9.7

8.7

8.5

8.5

8.6

2.3

9.0

9.7

10.5

Weaning - 1st service interval

5.6

6.3

6.3

6.9

5.3

5.6

6.0

6.0

6.4

Percent sows bred by 7 days

94.3

90.4

91.0

88.1

95.2

95.2

92.1

93.7

93.0

Number of sows farrowed

767

278

267

417

418

285

1121

1177

553

Ave parity of farrowed sows

2.1

2.5

2.5

1.0

2.0

3.0

n/a

2.6

3.8

Average total pigs per litter

10.7

11.8

12.0

10.0

10.4

12.0

10.7

11.2

11.2

Average total born live/litter

10.1

10.9

11.2

9.6

9.8

11.1

10.1

10.6

10.5

Farrowing rate

82.3

83.5

79.2

84.6

83.8

84.3

84.2

82.0

70.6

Litters/mated female/year

2.44

2.48

2.40

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2.47

2.32

Number of litters weaned

749

265

247

467

401

228

1096

1170

518

Pigs weaned per litter

9.3

9.9

10.1

8.9

9.3

9.9

9.3

9.8

9.4

Pre-weaning mortality

5.5

5.2

6.0

7.3

4.9

5.7

6.1

6.8

6.8

Average weaning weight, kg

6.7

6.7

6.7

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

14.7

14.6

Average age at weaning

20

20

20

22

20

20

21

19

21

Pigs weaned/mated female/yr

22.6

24.4

24.3

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

24.2