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Bazer, F.W. et al.

Conceptus development in large white and prolific Chinese Meishan pigs.

Large White (LW) and Meishan (MS) gilts were killed on Days 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 30 of gestation. Mean diameters (mm) for MS and LW conceptuses, respectively, were: Day 8, 0.45 and 0.69; Day 10, 2.7 and 1.9; Day 11, 5.3 and 2.7, with the differences among days being affected by breed (P less than 0.01). Variation in diameter among conceptuses from LW gilts was greater (P less than 0.01) than that for MS gilts on Days 8-11, respectively: Day 8, 20 and 46%; Day 10, 29 and 38%; and Day 11, 22 and 44%. Conceptuses had elongated in 3 of 5 MS and 1 of 4 LW gilts on Day 11, 6 and 6 MS and 2 of 4 LW gilts on Day 12 and all gilts of both breeds on Day 14. These results indicate that conceptuses of MS gilts develop more rapidly and more uniformly between Days 8 and 14 of gestation. Overall, embryonic survival for Days 8-12 for gilts not having elongated conceptuses was 90.2% for MS and 73.2% for LW gilts (P less than 0.01). On Day 30 of gestation, embryonic survival was also higher (P less than 0.01) for MS (89%) than LW (55%) gilts. However, embryonic weight, crown-rump length, placental length, allantoic fluid volume, amniotic fluid volume, as well as total glucose, fructose and protein in allantoic fluid were not affected by breed. Placental weight was greater (P less than 0.01) for LW gilts. Uterine development at Day 30 of gestation, based on total length and weight of uterine horns, width of uterine horns, total endometrial surface area and total endometrial weight was greater (P less than 0.01) for LW gilts.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)[1]

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Conceptus development in large white and prolific Chinese Meishan pigs. Bazer, F.W., Thatcher, W.W., Martinat-Botte, F., Terqui, M. J. Reprod. Fertil. (1988) [Pubmed]

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