2002 Breeding Herd Summary for Brazil
MEASUREMENT Mean Upper 10% Lower 10%
Average female inventory 1156.3 2437.5 231
  Average parity 2.75 3.5 1.97
Replacement rate 55.02 37 73.5
Culling rate 42.65 27.4 57.1
Death rate 5.45 2 9.26
Ave parity of culled sows 4.16 5.53 2.5
Average gilt pool inventory 67.5 151.9 3.3
Ave non-productive sow days 52.02 32.3 70.1
  Percent repeat services 7.2 3.8 11.73
  Percent multiple matings 80.04 100 0.2
Entry - 1st service interval 35.93 5.7 61.93
Percent sows bred by 7 days 90.59 94.43 84.44
Weaning - 1st service interval 5.59 4.6 6.5
Ave parity of farrowed sows 3.66 4.33 3
Average gestation length 114.95 116 114
Farrowing interval 142.77 140 146
Farrowing rate 83.57 89.03 78
Average total pigs per litter 11.56 12.43 10.7
Average pigs born alive/litter 10.74 11.43 10.1
Average stillborn pigs 0.55 0.3 0.8
Average mummies per litter 0.27 0.1 0.43
Litters less than 7 born live 222.39 511 41
PWM for farrowed and weaned 7.25 9.8 5
Old lits / mated female / year 2.41 2.564 2.28
Litters / mated female / year 2.48 2.543 2.407
Litters / female / year 2.33 2.45 2.19
Pigs weaned per litter weaned 10.04 10.7 9.5
Pigs weaned per sow 9.96 10.63 9.4
Average age at weaning 19.86 21.5 17.8
Pigs wnd / mated female / yr 24.7 26.7 22.8
Old pigs wnd / Inv. female / y 22.72 25.4 20.4
Pigs wnd / female / year 23.21 25.8 21.07
Pigs weaned / lifetime female 38.25 54 21