Reducing the stress of weaning: is pre-weaning socialisation of piglets a strategy to consider?
Does co-mingling during lactation benefit piglets in the long term? See how socialisation influences pigs behaviour and physiology.
John Pluske
Australasian Pork Research Institute Ltd. (APRIL) - Australia Author
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26-Sep-2021d.arandaReally sounds very well, thanks. One questions come to me, How can socialisation influence to tail biting?
The stress of weaning: What do we know and what can we do?
Changes at weaning can have significant detrimental impacts on the piglet's gastrointestinal tract structure and function. Sexual dimorphism, weaning weight, and weaning age play a role.
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A consideration in the experimental design of pig nutrition studies
All kind of influencing factors in feeding trials must be considered, otherwise results may be useless.
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07-Dec-2020awell8023like this article so much
Post-weaning E. coli immunity
In practice, and to have active-acquired antibodies ready at weaning, piglets should be immunised 10 days to 2 weeks before weaning.
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18-Jan-2016Tarusenga Munyanyiwant get into the discuss
Aspects of gastrointestinal tract immunity around weaning
The rate and sequence of mucosal immune maturity from birth to an ‘adult-type’ pig is an important determinant of subsequent performance, health and survival, and hence impacts on the efficiency and profitability of pork production.
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19-Oct-2015Calamanti StefanoThe risk of severe inflammatory responses can be checked when the antigens or bacterial toxins are a strong barrier in enterocytes.
Protect connective sottostate is a challenge that veterinarians nutritionists must solve.
Protect connective sottostate is a challenge that veterinarians nutritionists must solve.
