- have eaten less feed than average to reach a specific weight. 1  A good boar will reach 90 kg live weight before it is 140 days old, have a P2-backfat measurement of 15 mm or less, and require only 2,99 kg of feed or less to gain 1 kg in weight to grow from 30 to 90 kg live weight. Buy boars at least four or five weeks before they are used for the first time.
Black cohosh has been used to help manage some symptoms of menopause and as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy. It may be useful for treatment of high cholesterol or disease of the arteries. Clinical studies have not supported these uses.
Two high-quality randomized controlled trials investigating black cohosh for menopausal symptoms are described here. 1  One, published in 2006, assigned 351 women aged 45â55 years experiencing daytime hot flashes and night sweats into one of five groups to take one of the following [18]: 1  160 mg/day black cohosh (70% ethanolic extract standardized to contain 2.5% triterpene glycosides)