Breeding and selection of

young sows

The three breeds

 Landrace
 White breed
 Free of the stress gen
 Long body and dropping ears.
 Landrace use
 Used as dam line
 High litter performances.
 Excellent maternal qualities.
 Crossed with yorkshire and criss cross sows
 Yorkshire
 White breed.
 Short and broad head.
 Protruding ears.
 Medium long body.
 Low shoulders
 No stress gene.
 Yorkshire use
 Dam line.
 Crosses with landrace and criss cross sows
 Yorkshire boars are used for production of
finishing pigs.
 Duroc
 Chestnut brown, varies from totally blond to
almost black.
 Short, broad and heavy head
 No stress gene.
 Duroc use
 Sire line.
 High daily gain and feed conversion ratio
 Used to make HD and DH boars
 It is now possible to get a white duroc, then
there is no longer a problem with coloured
offspring.
 Crossings

Name the different

crossings?
Breeding goals
 Breeding pyramid

77 Breeders

140 multiplier herd

11530 production herd.

 Danavl
 Danavl is the danish breeding system.
 The breeding herds selects breeding stock,
according to established breeding goals.
 Multiplier herds produce LY gilts.
 Production herds produce finishing pigs.
Cross breeding methods
 One way crossing.
 Larger litter size, more obvious oestrus and
easier pregnancy are achieved.
 The majority of sows in Denmark are one way
crossings. YL or LY
 Cross breeding methods
 Tree- way crossing
 Cross breeding methods
 Criss-cross crossing.
Cross-breeding methods
 Four-way crossing
 Multi purpose semen
 KS stations in Denmark offer different semen
quality, depending on the purpose of the
semen.
 Production semen = produktionssæd
 Special semen = special sæd
 Named semen = navnesæd
 Multi purpose semen
 Production semen:
Used for production of finishing pigs.
Supplied from Duroc and YD LY hybrids.
 Special semen:
Production of hybrid sows.
Supplied from Landrace, Yorkshire, Duroc and YD.
 Named semen:
Pure breeding, and multiplication of nucleus stock.
Supplied from L,Y,D