litter size
Offspring per birth
Litter size is the number of offspring born to an animal in a single birth.
The term applies mainly to mammals that typically bear multiple young—dogs, cats, pigs, rabbits: The average litter size for golden retrievers is eight puppies.
Breeders and veterinarians track litter size as a measure of reproductive health and productivity.
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
- pigletsYoung swine offspring
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- runtUndersized offspring
- birth weightNeonate's measured mass
breeding programs · animal husbandry · fecundity · reproductive strategy · fertilization · veterinary care · multiparous · birth rate · ovulation · farrowing · sows · clutch · parity · natural selection · population control · mating · prolific · nipples
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- pig farmingpigs, hogs, pig farming, pork industry, hog farming
- livestock breedingbreeding, artificial insemination, insemination, mating, semen
- life historyreproductive strategy, parental care, fecundity, lifespan, longevity
- livestock traitsbirth weight, body weight, live weight, height, body length
- pig breedingsow, piglets, boar, piglet, farrowing