Retail Council of Canada grocery members’ commitment on sow housing
The Retail Council of Canada believes that sows should be housed in an environment where their pregnancy, health and well-being are taken into highest consideration.
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Post partum deaths; piglet, placental, and umbilical characteristics
These results may indicate that there is an upper uterine limitation of litter size, and that placental area and placental weight influence post partum survival.
United States: New Jersey will prohibit the confinement of breeding pigs in crates
New Jersey is one step closer to becoming the tenth state to outlaw the confinement of breeding pigs in gestation crates.
Alpha-lipoic acid on antioxidative ability and performance of sows and nursing piglets
Dietary alpha-lipoic acid supplementation in sows enhances the antioxidant activity and performance of mothers and their offspring.
The use of crystalline amino acids in lactating sow diets
Corn/soybean meal lactation diets can contain up to 0.40% L–lysine-HCl with no detrimental effect on reproductive performance.
United States: pork producers reaffirm industry support for producer choice on sow housing
At the National Pork Industry Forum, pork producers approved a resolution reaffirming the industry's position that producers should be able to select a sow housing system.
Effects of feeding rapeseed meal during gestation and lactation on the performance of hyperprolific sows and their litters
10% RM to hyper prolific sows over three parities was safe and did not affect sow longevity, reproductive or litter performance.
Effect of distributing primary and secondary antioxidants to the sow during the weaning‐estrus interval
The supply of the antioxidants to the sow during the weaning‐estrus interval significantly reduced both the percentage of immature piglets per litter and the within‐litter variation of birth weights.
Commission increases pressure on Member States to enforce group housing of sows
European Commission called on Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Portugal to take action to address deficiencies in the implementation of EU legislation concerning the welfare of animals.
Effect of meal frequency on performance and behaviour of group‐housed gestating sows
Sows had received their daily ration in one or two meals. Reproductive performance during gestation and the following lactation was measured.
Effects of an increased feeding level during second gestation in sows
Increasing the feeding level during gestation improves weight gain of the sow and diminishes blood’s NEFA concentration, but does not affect the embryo or the placenta.
Osborne Industries Adds Farrowing, Gestation Stalls
New farrowing stalls by Osborne address the two major economic concerns in farrowing: pre-wean mortality and sow appetite.
Three colours during the gestation. The more visual the easier
The goal is to make the management during the gestation easier using a different colour spray colour each week to mark the tasks carried out with the sows.
Sorting by parity to reduce aggression toward first-parity sows in group-gestation housing systems
Sorting by parity shielded first-parity sows from severe injuries caused by mixing-induced aggression.
Smithfield Foods global hog production operations moving toward complete conversion to group housing
Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced today that at the end of 2012 it had successfully transitioned 38% of pregnant sows on its company-owned farms in the United States from individual gestation stalls to group housing systems.
Characterization of “second parity syndrome” profiles and associated risk factors in French sow herds
“2nd parity syndrome” (P2S) includes various signs: delayed estrus, infertility and small litters.