Mating by vasectomized boars failed to improve fertility in gilts inseminated with frozen semen |
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| Authors: | Pursel V G Elliott D O Newman C W |
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| Affiliation: | U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Reproduction Laboratory Beltsville, MD 20705 USA. |
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| Abstract: | One-hundred sixty-four gilts were artificially inseminated (AI) with frozen-thawed boar semen and, of these, 78 were immediately bred by a vasectomized boar after AI. The farrowing rate and litter size were 37.2 and 7.2 for mated gilts and 38.4 and 7.5 for control gilts, respectively. Mating by a vasectomized boar did not improve fertility or litter size. |
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