This study was carried out in swine production facilities of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnic Studies at the Rural Academic Unit of Carmen Pampa. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of weaning male and female piglets at different times on their weight gain and the fertility of the sows. Four three year old sows that had a total of 40 piglets (25 males and 15 females) were used. The piglets were distributed across the following treatments: T1 - weaning 9 piglets (5 males and 4 females) at 56 days, T2 - weaning 13 piglets (7 males and 6 females) at 46 days, T3 - weaning 7 piglets (5 males and 2 females) at 36 days, and T4 - weaning 11 piglets (8 males and 3 females) at 26 days. This was followed by three weekly weight management phases in both sexes: Beginning (1-56 days), Growth (1-112 days), and Finished (1-150 days). A completely randomized design with different numbers of repetitions was used to analyze the results. The ANOVA test for weight gain did not show significant differences between treatments (p>0.05) in the beginning, growth, and finished stages for male piglets. The ANOVA test for weight gain in females during the initial phase showed significant differences (p0.05). In the fattening phase there were significant differences (p>0.05). The Duncan test showed that T3 (60.50 kg), T2 (56.42 kg), and T1 (54.75 kg) are equal and that T1 (54.75 kg) and T4 (43.33 kg) were similar at the end of the trial. The comparison of males and females was done via the student t test and indicated that there was no significant difference between males and females. The sow in T3 (44 days) recorded the best postpartum fertility. In general, treatment T3 (weaned at 36 days) showed the best results for both weight and fertility.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BGMYU2/oai:scholarsarchive.byu.edu:etd-6387 |
| Date | 01 January 2006 |
| Creators | Luna Isita, Darwin Juan |
| Publisher | BYU ScholarsArchive |
| Source Sets | Brigham Young University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Theses and Dissertations |
| Coverage | La Paz (Bolivia) |
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