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Lidocaine reduced pain during castration and that meloxicam reduced pain after castration.

Sodium sulfate on drinking water has a negative effect on piglet performance.

These results may contribute to the improvement of the welfare and performance of growing-finishing pigs by a better knowledge of the influence of the rearing environment.

Wet-dry feeder and pelleting may play an important role on the improvement of ADG and F:G in finishing pigs.

The objective of our study was to evaluate RFI as a criterion of selection to improve feed conversion ratio (FCR).

Creep feed initiated from day 5 and 10 reduce diarrhea scores in piglets and the estrus interval in sows.

Area regional disease control (ARDC) strategies are an important tool in the swine industry due to the ability of many swine diseases, most notably PRRS, to spread by methods other than direct animal contact.

Under the conditions of this study, finishing environment alters performance, carcass merit, and meat quality of pigs of similar genetic merit. Farms with differing types of finishing facilities should account for finishing environment in the development of their finishing management protocols.

A review of the literature was conducted with the objective of identifying management and feeding strategies for weanling pigs that are effective in reducing the negative impacts of discontinued use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) in diets fed to weanling pigs.

Stress caused by reduced space allocation may disrupt the cellular immune system in piglets and stimulate the releases of cortisol.

This study has demonstrated that a considerable number of modern pig herds still suffer from problems with postpartum dysgalactia syndrome.

Allowing the sow to move freely before farrowing, reducing the constipation state and avoid excessive fattening during late pregnancy all appear to be key factors in shortening farrowing time and reducing perinatal mortality.

This paper compares the effectiveness of two Dutch incentive mechanisms: a collective insurance – in place prior to July 2004 – and a reduction in producer payment for each delivered pig with a liver lesion – in place from July 2004.

The aim of these experiments was to examine piglet preferences for different types of infrared temperatures and flooring at 24 h of age.

This paper explores the relationship between infectious and non-infectious herd factors with the occurrence of pneumonia at slaughter and productive parameters.

Dietary chromium supplementation do not reduce the negative impact of the thermal stress