Reproductive performance of swine females inseminated with cooled and diluted semen In Beltsville Thawing Solution, modified-Zorlesco and BTZOR

Utilizaram-se 83 fêmeas, inseminadas com ejaculados de três cachaços, diluídos em Beltsville Thawing Solution (BTS), Zorlesco-modificado (ZOR) e BTZOR (meio desenvolvido na Universidade Estadual de Maringá), sendo 28 fêmeas inseminadas com o diluente BTS, 28 com ZOR e 27 com BTZOR, com o objetivo de estudar os índices de retorno ao cio e de parição e os números médios de leitões nascidos e nascidos vivos das fêmeas inseminadas. As fêmeas inseminadas com ZOR apresentaram melhor índice de parição (92,9%), quando comparadas às inseminadas com BTZOR (70,4%) e BTS (67,9%). O índice de retorno ao cio foi menor nas fêmeas inseminadas com ZOR (7,14%) em comparação às inseminadas com BTZOR (29,6%) e BTS (32,14%), não tendo diferença entre o BTS e o BTZOR. Concluiu-se que os melhores resultados quanto ao desempenho reprodutivo das fêmeas ocorreram nas inseminações realizadas com sêmen diluído em Zorlesco-modificado.Eighty-three swine females were inseminated with semen from three boars, diluted in Beltsville Thawing Solution (BTS), Modified-Zorlesco (ZOR) and BTZOR (a medium developed at Universidade Estadual de Maringá). Twenty eight females were inseminated with BTS, 28 with ZOR and 27 with BTZOR, with the objective to evaluate the indexes of heat return and farrowing rate, and the averages numbers of born piglets and born alive piglets from the inseminated females. The females inseminated with ZOR showed the best farrowing rate index (92.9%) when compared to those inseminated with BTZOR (70,4%) and with BTS (67.9%). The lowest heat return rate was from inseminated females with ZOR (7.14%) when compared to BTZOR (29.6%) and BTS (32.14%), and there was no difference between BTS and BTZOR. The best reproductive performance results were observed for artificial inseminations with semen diluted in Modified-Zorlesco diluents