General Weekly Reports
(Boar health and introduction into the unit or stud)
A healthy boar is essential for healthy semen with good
fertility. A boar which is sick can be reluctant to mount and
may produce defective semen at any time over the next 6 weeks.
In some circumstances, once sick the boar may become permanently
sub-fertile. Note: heat stress also results in infertility. As a
guide, a normal boar will breath 15 to 20 times a minute and it
should be difficult to see his breathing. If the breaths are
labored and at 40 to 50 breaths per minute, the boar is heat
stressed.
A detailed daily record of boar health is advised.
Click here for a printable Weekly Boar Health
Record form.
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