Page 4 of articles about lactation in Abstracts

Radiant heating behind the sows reduced hypothermia in new-born piglets and indicate that providing heat during the first half hour after birth is important.

Creep-feed and milk formula before weaning improves post-weaning performance.

Sow dietary supplementation with aniseed extract during late gestation and lactation improves milk yield and litter performance.

This study evaluated the effect of full physical boar exposure at different stages of lactation on the incidence of lactation oestrus in both primiparous and multiparous sows.

Under the conditions of this study, plasma transfer alone does not improve survival of low-birth-weight piglets.

Insulin, acylated ghrelin and cortisol could be used as biomarkers to detect situations resulting in a poor energy balance in order to improve handling programs.

Anterior teats appear to contain more IgA and IgG than the posterior ones in sows.

Fruity flavor inclusion is better accepted by sows and piglets than sodium butyrate.

This benefit for the offspring highlights the potential of oral immunisation of sows against C. suis as a possible passive vaccination strategy for new born piglets against this important pathogen.

Supplementation of citric acid improves the absorption of dietary Ca, P and protein.

Ad libitum feeding during the peripartal period limits excessive loss of body reserves improving litter growth and weaning weight.

Piglets׳ colostrum intake associates with daily weight gain and survival until weaning.

Artificial rearing is a good alternative to raise supernumerary piglets.

The progeny of sows fed a high-fat diet have a higher total PUFA and n−6 fatty acid contents in the longissimus thoracis muscle.

Pea starch can be used as an alternative source of starch for lactating sows.

New neonatal strategies of micronutrient supplementation to piglets may be required nowadays.