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AbstrAct:Marginal economic values for production and reproduction traits of pigs were estimated applying a bio-economic model to Hungarian commercial sow herds with integrated fattening of piglets. Data collected between 2002 and 2008 were used for the calculation. Marginal economic values (in € per unit of the trait per sow per year) estimated for fattening days in the station test, age at the end of the field test, lean meat percentage in the carcass, percentage of valuable cuts in the carcass and the number of piglets born alive were 2.84 €/day, 2.71 €/day, 22.45 €/%, 28.81 €/% and 54.22 €/piglet in the first litter, respectively.

Computer simulation of sow culling was run in a nucleus herd. The specified constant culling rate from 15 to 21% was simulated for all parities. The resultant different age structure of a herd was studied from the aspect of piglet production and other production indicators. With increasing culling rate the percentage of mated gilts was increased in order to maintain the constant size of the sow herd. With 15% simulated culling, which required 17.09% of mated gilts, the percentage of sows at parity 1 and 2 and the percentage of sows at parities 3-5 were balanced (31.62% and 31.77%, respectively). Annual herd replacement was 37.62%. After five parities only a little more than a half (55.63%) of the total number of sows in the herd was removed. Similar results were obtained with 16% culling, which also made it possible to maintain the recommended herd structure. With higher culling rate parities 1 and 2 became dominant in the herd. With 21% culling and 19.84% of mated gilts the percentage of sows at parities 1 and 2 was 35.52% while it was only 29.90% at parities 3-5. Annual herd replacement amounted to 43.67%, and almost 70% of sows were removed after five parities in this case. With increasing culling rate the average age of sows removed from a herd decreased (1 158.1-1 021.2 days), the number of barren days in a herd per year increased (6 174-6 680 days) and the number of piglets weaned per sow per year decreased (19.54-18.92 piglets). At the same time, there was a decrease in total costs (64 789-63 519 Kč), returns (79 816-77 327 Kč) and profit (15 026-13 808 Kč) in the herd, as recalculated per sow per year, and profitability also decreased.

The possibilities to produce inbred lines of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) using irradiated sperm and heat shock are studied. Effect of temperature level, duration of shock and time course from insemination to heat shock are investigated. All temperatures used increase frequency of gynogenetic frys. Time course from insemination to heat shock do not influence the results. Rainbow trout gave higher frequencies of gynogenetic frys than Atlantic salmon at all temperatures used. The highest frequencies of gynogenetic frys were produced when Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout eggs were heat shocked at 24 and 26 °C, respectively. The rate of gynogenetic frys produced are high enough for production of large number of inbred lines.

The possibilities to produce inbred lines of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) using irradiated sperm and heat shock are studied. Effect of temperature level, duration of shock and time course from insemination to heat shock are investigated. All temperatures used increase frequency of gynogenetic frys. Time course from insemination to heat shock do not influence the results. Rainbow trout gave higher frequencies of gynogenetic frys than Atlantic salmon at all temperatures used. The highest frequencies of gynogenetic frys were produced when Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout eggs were heat shocked at 24 and 26 °C, respectively. The rate of gynogenetic frys produced are high enough for production of large number of inbred lines.

The possibilities to produce inbred lines of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) using irradiated sperm and heat shock are studied. Effect of temperature level, duration of shock and time course from insemination to heat shock are investigated. All temperatures used increase frequency of gynogenetic frys. Time course from insemination to heat shock do not influence the results. Rainbow trout gave higher frequencies of gynogenetic frys than Atlantic salmon at all temperatures used. The highest frequencies of gynogenetic frys were produced when Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout eggs were heat shocked at 24 and 26 °C, respectively. The rate of gynogenetic frys produced are high enough for production of large number of inbred lines.