SWINE PERFORMANCE INDICES

PERFORMANCE
DEFINITION FORMULA
INDEX
Dead piglets expelled
from the uterus that
Percent are malformed or
mummified degenerate (died at 𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑖𝑔𝑠
𝑥100
approx. 30-40 days of (𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑖𝑔𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛)
gestation)
Number of pigs that 𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑝𝑖𝑔𝑠
Percent
died during 𝑥100
stillborn (𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑖𝑔𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛)
parturition
Pre-weaning Piglets born alive but (𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑖𝑔𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 − 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑖𝑔𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑑)
𝑥100
mortality died prior to weaning (𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑖𝑔𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒)
Post-weaning Pigs that died after (𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑖𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔)
𝑥100
mortality weaning (𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑖𝑔𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑑)
Farrowing Period from birth of
Gestation period + Lactation period +Weaning-to-
interval/litter one litter to the
conception interval
interval succeeding litter
Number of times a
(365 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠)
Sow Index sow farrowed within (𝐹𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑙)
𝑥100
a year
Indicator of (𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡)
Conception rate (𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟
𝑥100
successful breeding 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑑/𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑)
Indicator of (𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑)
Farrowing rate (𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑑/𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑)
𝑥100
successful farrowing
Pigs weaned
Measure of breeding
per sow per
herd productivity
Sow index x litter size
year
Pigs sold per Measure of breeding
sow per year herd productivity
PWSY – total post weaning mortality
Total amount of
different rations fed
to all animals in the
herd in proportion to Total amount of feeds (kgs) / Total weight of pigs
Farm Efficiency
the total weight of all sold (kgs)
live animals sold for
the same period of
time
CATTLE PRODUCTION FORMULAS

Pasture management
PERFORMANCE INDEX DEFINITION FORMULA
Stocking Rate Number of animals on a given Available forage in an area/ DM
amount of land over a certain requirement of an animal
amount of time
Available forage Measured using clippings and is Kg DM / hectare (based on
reported in DM basis sampling across pasture area)
Animal unit Arbitrary number assigned to 1
mature non-lactating cow
weighing 454kg with average
consumption of 12 kg DM /day

AUE Classes of Livestock AUE

Classes of Bovine
Cow (454kg) 1.0 Saddle horses (mature) 1.25
Cow and calf pairs 1.3 Sheep 0.2
Two-year-old steers 0.9
Yearling cattle (18-24 mo.) 0.9
Yearling cattle (12-17 mo.) 0.65
Calves (under 12 mo.) 0.5
Bulls 1.4

Q: What is the animal unit equivalent of a 350kg cow?

(1 AUE)/(454kg) = (x)/(350kg)

X = (350kg)(1 AUE)/454kg

X = 0.77 AUE

Q: What is the DM consumption of a 350kg cow?

(12kg DM/d)/(454kg) = (X)/(350kg)

X = (12kg DM/d)(350kg)/454kg

X = 9.25kg DM
Q: How many 350kg cows can we allow to graze a 1 ha pasture area for a day given available forage of
1000kg DM/ha and a DM requirement of 9.25 kg DM/d? (grazing means that the animal will only utilize
50% of the total available forage in the pasture)

SR = 1000kg DM/ha / 9.25 kg DM/day x 0.5 = 54 animals