%0 Journal Article
%T REPRODUCTIVE PARAMETERS OF THE ECOLOGICALLY EXPLOITED SOWS
%A DIANA MARIN
%A CORNELIA PETROMAN
%A IOANA B£¿LAN
%A RAMONA CIOLAC
%J Lucr£¿ri £¿tiin£¿ifice : Management Agricol
%D 2009
%I 
%X The utilisation rate of the pastured sows is 2.16 births per year, prolificacy is 10.80, and the number of weaned piglets is 9.6, a higher percentage of losses in the first days compared with intensive exploitations being recorded. The sows¡¯ fertility varied depending on the sows¡¯ age, first time births recording a fertility percentage of 86.0% and those having multiple births recorded 75.3%. The appearance of post partum hogging after a feeding period of 6 weeks has manifested in 85.3% of the first time births and 88.4% in second time births, and 4.2% respectively 3.7% at the second period.
%K sows
%K piglets
%K reproductive indicators
%K pasture exploitation
%U http://www.usab-tm.ro/%5CPdf%5C2009%5Cxi2%5Cmanagement09_73.pdf