Abstract

In two different experiments, we studied the influence of: 1) separating litters from their dams (altered suckling) during the last 8 days of lactation, which included a change in housing and social interaction with other sows; 2) providing boar exposure (1 hr/d); and 3) parity on the ability of sows to come into heat during lactation and after weaning. Our studies indicated that: 1) 6 hr of altered suckling and 1 hr of boar exposure may shorten the interval to heat for sows that express estrus during lactation, but 3 hr of altered suckling and 1 h of boar exposure are sufficient to induce estrus in 65 to 79% of the sows; 2) boar exposure (1 hr /day) of sows is not sufficient to induce estrus during lactation; 3) pre weaning boar exposure (1 hr/day) reduced intervals to heat after weaning; and 4) breed composition and season may alter the responsiveness of sows to treatments that induce estrus during lactation and after weaning.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 19, 1987

Keywords: Swine day, 1987, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 88-125-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 528, Swine, Estrous, Sows, Boar

How to Cite:

Newton, E. A., Stevenson, J. S. & Davis, D. L., (1987) “Estrous expression of sows after altered suckling and boar exposure”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(10), 24-26. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6205