Factors associated with successful boar training in Al centre

Poster. Quarantine and training for semen collection are key periods before admission of boars in AI studs. A retrospective analysis was carried out to identify animal and management factors possibly associated with successful boar training. Data were collected from 2003 to 2008 on 25 quarantine batches for a total of 224 boars from different genotypes. First semen samples were collected successfully at first training for 59% of the boars but some animals required up to 8 attempts. The effect of breed, herd of origin, age at arrival, year, season and delay between arrival and first training were tested. The link between successful training and boar career was also investigated.