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Breeding Gilts
When judging breeding gilts you must look for many different traits. Maternal characteristics, depth of body, length, muscle, and structural correctness.
This diagram shows the different body parts of a gilt. These are important to know when you judge so you can address the correct parts of the gilt when giving reasons |
What to Evaluate
Internal Dimension
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Muscle
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Structural Correctness
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Compare
When comparing these two duroc gilts you have to determine which gilts is going to be able to be a better sow by her makeup and structural correctness. The first sow is by far the better gilt of the two. She has more dimension and depth of body than the second gilt. The second gilt is under conditioned I would say and just doesn't have the depth of body or the width of body to hold her self at the top of this pair. The first gilt just has way more body dimension, width, and length then the second gilt while the second gilt might be better on her feet and legs the first gilt has more volume and thats why she is the better of the two.
Judging
The order goes top two 1,2 then bottom two 3,4