Hourly feeding of lactating sows: Enhancing performance and welfare in smart farm-based systems
An hourly feeding regime could optimize sow productive performance, body condition, milk yield, welfare, and piglet growth in swine production.
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The effect of dietary supplementation with garcinol during late gestation on bile acid metabolism disorders and the performance of sows and newborn piglets
Garcinol supplementation may reduce bile acid metabolism disorders and improve sow and newborn piglet performance.
Effects over time of different types of sounds on gestating sows’ behavior
Frequent emission of short sounds can reduce time spent sleeping and cause behavior changes. However, gestating sows can habituate to the sound stimuli and return to normal behavior.
Fertility responses of melatonin-treated gilts when there are different temperatures and lighting conditions
Melatonin treatment had positive effects on estrous duration and embryo survival, especially in the summer.
333 Emerging voices: Biochemical, neurochemical, morphological and proteomic study of different nutritional conditions in Iberian pigs
The consequences of different nutritional changes were analyzed, whether applied to the pregnant mother or directly to the offspring. Doctoral thesis from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UAB, Spain. Advised by Anna Bassols and with the collaboration of Antonio Gonzalez de Bulnes.
Flavour supplementation to improve sow reproductive performance and microbiota during late gestation and lactation
Flavor supplementation improved the reproductive performance of the sows by changing the fecal microbial profile.
333 Emerging voices - Individual and nutritional factors affecting the homogeneity and performance of Iberian pig production
An investigation at both phenotypic and genotypic levels of the implications of the intrauterine development of the piglets in the postnatal growth. Doctoral thesis from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UCM, Spain, advised by Antonio Gonzalez de Bulnes, Cristina Óvilo Martín and Beatriz Isabel Redondo.
Preferential associations in an unstable social network: applying social network analysis to a dynamic sow herd
These findings highlight the complexities involved when forming social preferences and present a platform for further exploring the motivations for preferential associations among intensively farmed pigs.
Reproductive performance of gilts and weaned sows grouped at different days after insemination
Group housing gestating sows 2 days after breeding compromised litter size; however, mixing gilts on days 1 to 4 after breeding did not impair reproductive performance.
Lameness in pregnant sows alters placental stress response
Lameness may decrease sow gestation length and reduce placental efficiency in protecting the offspring from the sows’ stress response.
Vaginal microbiota differences associated with pelvic organ prolapse risk during late gestation in commercial sows
Sows with greater pelvic organ prolapse risk have unique vaginal microflora.
Associations between foetal size and ovarian development in the pig
Postnatal differences in the reproductive potential of growth restricted females are programmed early in gestation.
In utero heat stress alters postnatal phenotypes in swine
Pigs exposed to in utero heat stress develop a variety of postnatal phenotypes that prevent profitable production, and compromise health, and welfare in commercial production systems.
Evaluating the effect of dietary L-arginine supplementation during early gestation of gilts on plasma metabolites and embryo development
L-arginine supplementation may increase embryos growth during early gestation.
The effect of three different feeding time’s strategy during sows’ gestation
Feeding management related to time of feeding in restricted gestating sows may enhance sow performance.
Altrenogest supplementation during early pregnancy improves swine embryonic development
There is a lack of information about progesterone supplementation during early pregnancy regarding swine embryonic development. The objective was to evaluate the effects of progesterone/progestin supplementation from Day 6 of pregnancy on swine reproductive parameters.