Objective of the research - to evaluate, using up-to-date statistical–genetic methods, the reproductive characteristics of pig breeds bred in Lithuania, to determine correlation of the characteristics with productivity traits, and to develop an optimised system of pigs genetic evaluation by BLUP method. Tasks of the research was: to determine influence of genetic and non-genetic factors in pigs reproductive characteristics, to evaluate the additive-genetic heritability parameters, and co-response of reproduction traits; to evaluate influence of reproductive characteristics on productivity traits, phenotype and genetic co-response; to develop an optimised pigs genetic evaluation system employing BLUP method, estimating pigs reproductive and productive characteristics, using the integrated multivariate model; to evaluate tendencies of pigs genetic improvement. Novelty of the research: using the method of unifactor and multifactor dispersion analysis, leverage of genetic and non-genetic factors on reproductive characteristics of pigs, breed in Lithuania, was determined; heritability parameters of reproductive characteristics were determined, using modern software; genetic and phenotype co-response of the reproductive characteristics was estimated; genetic correlation between reproductive characteristics and productivity traits was evaluated, using statistical-genetic methods, for the first time in Lithuania; optimised multivariate model for determination of reproductive and... [to full text]