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A note on the effect of climate on fertility in pigs in the Padana Valley of Italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

G. Enne ,
P. V. Beccaro  and
C. Tarocco
G. Enne
Affiliation:
Instituto di Zootecnica, Generate facolta di Agraria, Milan, Italy
P. V. Beccaro
Affiliation:
Instituto di Zootecnica, Generate facolta di Agraria, Milan, Italy
C. Tarocco
Affiliation:
Cattedra di Zoognostica, Corso di Laurea in Scienze della Produzione Animale, Bologna, Italy
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Abstract

The outcome of 37 563 matings of pigs in the Padana Valley of Northern Italy over a 4-year period was studied. The results show a marked reduction in fertility in the hottest months when a fertility rate of less than 50% was found.

Separate studies of sows and gilts show a similar development in the dynamics of the phenomenon, with, however, a time change.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 115 - 117
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1979

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