The main objective of this study was to evaluate phenotypic and genetic
variation of the number of piglets born alive (NBA) Swedish Landrace sows
(SL) in three consecutive parities under the influence of sires, year and
season of mating. The study included: 618 litters in the first, 470 in the
second and 403 litter in the third farrowing. Testing the homogeneity of
variance was performed with Levene?s test. The data were analyzed using
analysis of variance (Statistica Ver. 6.0., 2003). Heritability coefficients
were evaluated by intra-class correlation. Swedish Landrace sires have
influenced on the variability of the NBA's daughter in the first and second
farrowing (p<0.05), but not in the third farrowing. Year and season of mating
was not influenced on the variability of the NBA (p>0.05). The estimated
heritability coefficients for the NBA were the highest in the second (0.123),
then the first (0.092) and lowest in the third farrowing (0.030).