November 19, 2020
Assessment of Conformational Changes across Three Parities in Sows
By Benny Mote Ph.D., Swine Extension Specialist, UNL Department of Animal Science Replacement gilts are selected primarily on structure and conformation. These selection decisions, however, occur while gilts are still growing. Few studies have tracked sow conformational traits over time, and even fewer have done so by directly measuring the traits in an objective manner rather than by utilizing a subjective scoring system. Therefore, we measured conformational traits […]