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machog
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Boar Info

Post by machog » Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:39 pm

I have a 6 month old boar that I am considering using to breed a sow for our county fair show pigs. I just want to use him on this one sow. His genetic makeup should work great on this sow.

Questions are:

1) Is his semen viable at this age?
2) He is not tall enough yet to reach her so I would have to collect him.
3) At this age would his semen have reached its genetic potential?
4) Does he need to reach his full phenotype before he can pass it along?


Thanks,

Norm
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Re: Boar Info

Post by Norm » Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:49 pm

1. Maybe. If you can get it out of him and check under a microscope it would help. Some young boars have issues with semen quality, volume, and concentration that can be helped with age.
2. Would start training him to the dummy well before you intend to use him. It helps.
3. Genotype is set at an animals conception, phenotype is influenced by all the environmental and management factors. His genetics are his genetics. Passing them on is the question now.
4. Nope.

machog
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Re: Boar Info

Post by machog » Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:34 am

Thanks for the help Norm

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