MATRIX can potentially lower your labor costs, dramatically reducing heat checking and virtually eliminating weekend breeding and farrowing.(2) You'll no longer have to constantly heat check all gilts in the breeding pool, because treated gilts need to be checked only after MATRIX is discontinued.

With MATRIX, up to 85% of your treated gilts will be in estrus within 4-9 days after MATRIX withdrawal. And the benefits of having such a high percentage of gilts coming into heat in such a short, predictable period can impact your bottom line in a number of ways:

• First, research shows farrowing rates can improve.¹
  
  
• Second, you can potentially reduce the number of gilts needed to meet breeding targets.
  
  

With MATRIX, the standard 3:1 ratio can often be reduced by one-third to one-half.(2)  Fewer replacement gilts means more hogs for market and fewer outside animal purchases, reducing potential disease introduction into your herd.

• Third, with a more efficient gilt pool, you can be more selective about which sows to breed.

And that can improve your genetic base. In short, MATRIX gives you more. More efficient breeding. More efficient gilt pool management. More efficient use of labor. And more predictable pig flow.

References

1. Freedom of Information Summary, "For synchronization of estrus in sexually mature gilts that have had at least one estrus cycle." NADA 141-222. MATRIXT (Altrenogest). Intervet Inc., Millsboro, Del.

2. Flowers, William L. "Dose confirmation study in sexually mature gilts orally administered altrenogest (Regu-Mate solution 0.22%) to suppress and synchronize estrus." Summary and statistical analyses report. Sponsor study number: HRV 97-0014. June 29, 1999. Intervet Inc., Millsboro, Del.