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Summary
The effect of injecting 2 mg Alfaprostol (1 ml Alfabedyl®) at weaning on the return to oestrus was tested in a
590-sow farrowing-to-weaning farm. 247 sows of 11 batches were allocated into two groups: treated (n=121)
and control (n=126), with equivalent number of treated and control animals in each batch. The average parity was
4.8. For both groups, sow received two injections of prostaglandin before weaning: one to induce farrowing and
another 1 to 2 days after farrowing. Sows were weaned at 27 days of lactation. Sows were inseminated once 24
hours after the beginning of oestrus, a second time 24 hours later and sometimes a third time. Gestation was
diagnosed by ultrasound scan 21 to 28 days after the first insemination. The weaning-to-first-insemination interval
was reduced in the treated group (5.5 vs. 6.3, p=0.02) and the number of sows inseminated on the target days (4
to 6 days after weaning) was increased (90.8% vs. 78.0, p=0.01). No difference was observed in fertility rate
after the first insemination (average=86%, p=0.26) and the prolificity (total borns 14.4 vs. 14.2 p=0.56, dead
borns 1.6 vs. 1, p=0.98). We suggest that Alfaprostol injection at weaning reduces the weaning-to-oestrus-
interval if a corpus luteum is present. These corpora lutea are probably due to a lactational ovulation.
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Discussion
Dans cet essai, l’injection d’Alfaprostol au sevrage a
entraîné une amélioration significative de l’intervalle
entre le sevrage et la première insémination et un
regroupement de ces inséminations sur la période
souhaitée par l’éleveur. Les performances de fertilité
et de prolificité sont conservées. Ces résultats sont
similaires à ceux obtenus en Espagne par Peña (2).