- 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.
For infertility, 120 milligrams of black cohosh root has been taken by mouth daily for 12-13 days. For menopausal symptoms, 6.5-160 milligrams of an alcoholic black cohosh extract, a black cohosh root extract, or other black cohosh formulations has been taken by mouth daily for up to one year in various studies.