Canada 2004- 2nd Quarter (N=70)
Measurement Mean Upper 10 percentile Lower 10 percentile
Average parity 2.89 3.7 2.4
Percent multiple matings 88.05 98.1 79.4
Percent repeat services 9.29 2.3 15.2
Ave non-productive sow days 52.96 37.9 70.1
Ave parity of culled sows 4.55 6.4 3
Ave parity of farrowed sows 3.81 4.5 3.3
Average age at weaning 20.22 23.3 17.3
Average female inventory 1145.74 2304.2 417.1
Average gestation length 115.23 116 114
Average gilt pool inventory 55.82 154 1.2
Average mummies per litter 0.29 0.2 0.4
Average pigs born alive/litter 10.86 12 10
Average stillborn pigs 0.88 0.6 1.2
Average total pigs per litter 12.01 13.1 11.1
Culling rate 41.46 25.4 59.1
Death rate 6.6 2.7 10.3
Entry - 1st service interval 32.53 57.7 1.4
Farrowing interval 146.27 141 154
Farrowing rate 80.53 90.9 65.2
Litters / female / yr 2.33 2.5 2.2
Litters / mated female / yr 2.45 2.5 2.4
Old lits / mated female / yr 2.29 2.6 1.9
Old pigs wnd / Inv. Female/yr 21.32 24.8 17
Percent less than 7 born live 8.69 4.5 12.9
Percent sows bred by 7 days 88.59 95.1 80.4
Pigs weaned / lifetime female 40.64 57 26
Pigs weaned per litter weaned 9.86 10.9 8.8
Pigs weaned per sow 9.55 10.5 8.6
Pigs wnd / female / yr 22.31 25.1 19
Pigs wnd / mated female / yr 23.41 26.3 20.3
PWM for farrowed and weaned 12.51 8.3 16.6
Replacement rate 50.08 26 73.4
Weaning - 1st service interval 6.68 5.3 8.4