Canada 2004- 1st Quarter (Number of Herds=63)
Measurement Mean Upper 10 percentile Lower 10 percentile
Average parity 2.79 3.6 2.3
Percent multiple matings 86.69 98.6 71.5
Percent repeat services 9.72 3.8 16
Ave non-productive sow days 50.9 33.2 69.1
Ave parity of culled sows 4.5 6 2.6
Ave parity of farrowed sows 3.68 4.4 3.1
Average age at weaning 20.63 17.3 24.7
Average female inventory 1170.7 2217.8 280.7
Average gestation length 115 116 114
Average gilt pool inventory 50.51 125.1 0
Average mummies per litter 0.27 0.1 0.4
Average pigs born alive/litter 10.89 11.6 10
Average stillborn pigs 0.85 0.5 1.2
Average total pigs per litter 12 12.9 11.1
Culling rate 36.79 19 54.3
Death rate 7.45 2.6 11.5
Entry - 1st service interval 32.63 0 62.7
Farrowing interval 147.71 142 161
Farrowing rate 82.24 90.8 69.6
Litters / female / yr 2.34 2.5 2.2
Litters / mated female / yr 2.44 2.6 2.3
Old lits / mated female / yr 2.33 2.5 1.9
Old pigs wnd / Inv. Female/yr 21.24 24.5 18.2
Percent less than 7 born live 9.03 4.6 13.4
Percent sows bred by 7 days 89.24 94.8 82.8
Pigs weaned / lifetime female 40.3 58 24
Pigs weaned per litter weaned 9.82 10.9 8.6
Pigs weaned per sow 9.57 10.4 8.4
Pigs wnd / female / yr 22.41 26 19.6
Pigs wnd / mated female / yr 23.42 26.4 20.5
PWM for farrowed and weaned 12.3 9.4 15.6
Replacement rate 52 31.8 68.4
Weaning - 1st service interval 6.57 5.4 8.4