The results of this study indicate that birthweight, pre-weaning growth, and weaning weight of potential replacement gilts are aspects of the neonatal environment of replacement gilts that have a significant effect on their subsequent lifetime productivity and pre-weaning management of gilts in smaller litters has benefits for the subsequent selection of gilts for breeding and to a lesser extent on the retention and performance of selected gilts in the breeding herd.
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