title: Impact of Mated Female Nonproductive Days in Breeding Herd after Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Outbreak.
abstract: Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is an important pathogen that has a significant economic impact on the swine industry by imposing a high rate of mortality in suckling piglets. However, limited information on the productivity values of gilts and sows infected with PEDV is available. Here, we evaluate the productivity index in gilts and sows during the 1-year period before (19 January 2013 to 18 January 2014) and after (19 January 2014 to 18 January 2015) a PEDV outbreak from a 2000-sow breeding herd in Taiwan. The farrowing rate (FR), return rate (RR), total pigs born per litter (TB), pigs born alive per litter (BA), weaning pigs per litter (WPL), pre-weaning mortality, percentage of sows mated by 7 days after weaning, weaning to first service interval (WFSI), mated female nonproductive days (NPDs), replacement rate of sows and sow culling rate were compared using productive records. The FR (-9.6%), RR (+9.8%), TB (-1.6), BA (-1.1), WPL (-1.1), sows mated by 7 days after weaning (-6.9%), WFSI (+0.8 days), NPDs (+6.9 days) and sow culling rate (+7.2%) were significantly different between the 1-year pre-PEDV outbreak period and the post-PEDV outbreak period. Impacts of the PEDV infection on the reproductive performance were more severe in pregnant gilts than in sows. In conclusion, these findings indicate that the outbreak of PEDV caused an increase in the rate of NPDs in breeding herds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Business Administration, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jung-Da
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chuen-Fu
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.|Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wen-Bin
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.|Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ming-Tang
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Chiou
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.|Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chao-Nan
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D008098:Litter Size; D008297:Male; D010298:Parity / Q000502:physiology; D053485:Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013552:Swine