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The induction of pregnancy during lactation in the sow: the effects of a treatment imposed at 21 days of lactation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

D. B. Crighton
D. B. Crighton
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leicestershire
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Summary

1. Experiments carried out in two herds to examine the effects of a treatment designed to induce oestrus and ovulation during the lactational anoestrus of the sow and to allow the establishment of pregnancy during lactation are described. Two aspects are examined: (a) the effects on the reproductive performance of the sow of repetition of the treatment in successive lactations and (b) the effects of the treatment on the suckled young.

2. The treatment involved the separation of each sow and litter for 12 hr on days 21, 22 and 23 of lactation followed by an injection of 1500 IU pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin (PMSG) at the end of the third period of separation.

3. It is concluded that oestrus and ovulation can be induced with some consistency in the fourth week of lactation, that lactation is not incompatible with the first two to three weeks of pregnancy, and that the establishment of pregnancy during the fourth week of lactation is not detrimental to the growth of the suckled young when supplementary food is provided.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , November 1970 , pp. 611 - 617
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1970

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