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Aggressive and defeated pigs begin agonistic encounters with more negative emotions

Less aggressive pigs may be more susceptible to the emotional impact of victory and defeat but overall, more aggressive pigs express more negative emotionality at the start of agonistic encounters.

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The small, sharp teeth of the piglets can cause these bothersome injuries to the workers' fingers during tooth grinding.

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Tip: Small but effective PPE

Goggles, masks, earplugs, helmets, boots... We use a lot of PPE on farms, but maybe you hadn't thought of how to protect your fingers when grinding teeth. We'll show you.

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Genetics-ReproductionAbstract

Impact of birth weight and daily weight gain during suckling on the weight gain of weaning piglets

Piglets with 1.25 to 2.30kg BW and low weight gain during suckling presented a partial compensatory growth during the nursery phase.

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Cloudfarms cooperates with SUISAG to launch innovative application enabling individual tracking of pigs from birth to processing

“Pig Passport” for easy and reliable registration of individual animals directly in the barn.

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IPVS2022 abstracts evaluation at the final stage

Authors should pay attention to the results that will be released soon

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Effect of rearing cross-fostered piglets in litters of differing size relative to sow functional teat number on preweaning growth and mortality

Increasing litter size after cross-fostering relative to the number of functional teats of the sow increased piglet preweaning mortality, and tended to decrease weaning weight.

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Effect of the boar on swine inflammation and necrosis syndrome in offspring

The effects of different boars from the Duroc and Pietrain breeds on the prevalence of swine inflammation and necrosis syndrome in their offspring.

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Effects of cooled floor pads and chilled drinking water on behavior and performance of lactating sows under heat stress

Cooled floor pads combined with chilled drinking water did not affect sow behavior, but did alleviate heat stress partially.

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The use of attractants to stimulate neonatal piglet interest in rope enrichment

The aim of this study was to determine if enrichment ropes would entice neonatal piglets away from the sow and reduce preweaning mortality.

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The new challenge of crate-free housing in farrowing

Europe is preparing to eliminate farrowing crates in the next few years... Are farmers ready? Will this benefit the sows? What about the piglets?

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UK: Support for improving animal health and welfare

The UK has set out plans for government funded vet visits, grants for animal welfare improvements, and health and welfare priorities for the swine industry.

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European Parliament: adoption of the AGRI Implementation Report on on-farm welfare

On-farm animal welfare rules: MEPs call for clarity and uniform implementation.

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Effect of environmental enrichment and group size on water use and waste in grower-finisher pigs

A high enrichment allowance reduced water usage and wastage.

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Tip: "Hands-free" needle-free vaccination

Needle-free vaccination has many advantages over conventional vaccination, but it is not as comfortable to do. This trick gives us a solution.

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The Mexican Institute of Pig Farming has launched

The Institute's objective is to promote scientific and technological research and make it more accessible to small and medium-scale producers.

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Relationship between birthweight and pre-weaning mortality

Low birth weight increases mortality during the lactation period and affects the productive life of piglets until slaughter. This article attempts to answer the question: Is pre-weaning mortality related to a birth weight threshold?