Why invest in improved genetic lines

There are still many producers today for various reasons, continue to make their crosses on the farm to produce their own mother and also autoreemplazo paternal line, but this temple is no longer recommended because it existed for many years trading houses engaged in the development of improved genetic lines to obtain high productivity.

The farm or producer who is not already benefiting from these improvements and developments should take as a first step the acquisition of a terminal boar to immediately improve the performance of their pigs for fattening.

The benefits are relatively fast and can see an improvement since the characteristics of a good male are as follows:

The specific performance should be expected in fattening pigs are:

Weight greater than 104 kilos to 154 days of age

Mean weight gain greater than 750 grams per day

Feed conversion ratio not exceeding 2.40

Backfat (mm) 10 to 12 milimteros

Economic analysis:

The market price of a male that will transmit to their offspring characteristics ranges above 1500 thousand dollars, if only we take the value of the stallion as such can do the following economic analysis:

The lifetime that we will give the boar on the farm is two years, which is the same thing to say 104 weeks, if you started using at 35 weeks of age is recommended, with an artificial insemination rate of two collections per week will get 208 collections in the life span of the boar.

Now the average dose for collection at a concentration of 3.5 trillion per 100 ml seminal dose is 20 doses per collection, whichever is multiplied by 208 collections, we get an average of 4.160 semen doses over the life of the stallion.

Applying 3 doses of semen per sow, 1386 bristles get served, with artificial insemination can get a fertility rate of 90%, which means that of the bristles 1386 1248 to get anywhere inseminated sows.

Of the 1248 ewes bristles will get a minimum of 9.5 piglets per sow, which gives results in the production of 11.856 pigs for fattening, these are estimated to reach 95% until the age of sale, which is equal to 11,263 pigs .

If we divide the value of the boar ($ 1,500 U.S.) between 11.263 pigs has the potential to result in us producri 13 cents per pig produced.

If you think it is "expensive" invest 13 cents for each pig that we will bring to market, having the potential to significantly increase productivity through better weight gain and feed conversion efficiency, it is time to reflect if we are being consistent with reality and what we want for the farm.

The goal is to produce quality pigs in this

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