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44% less piglets under 1000 gram

In recent years, users of Topigs Norsvin genetics have experienced a clear drop in piglets with a birth weight below 1000 grams. Based on genotypic information, the percentage of piglets born with a weight below 1000 grams dropped by 44% between 2012 and 2016.

NutritionAbstract

Arginine supplementation during lactation affects sow metabolism and improve litter performance

Sow metabolism during lactation is affected by arginine supplementation promoting litter weigh improvement.

Photo 1:Tie up the ends of the intestinal section before cutting.

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Differential diagnosis of post-weaning diarrhoea: Sample collection

Autolysis prevents histopathological diagnosis with special relevance to intestinal samples

Figure 3. Paralysis of the back leg as a result of nerve damage from lifting and twisting of the back leg.

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ManagementArticle

Handling young pigs on-farm

Great care is needed particularly when handling young pigs above 6kg/3 weeks of age, to avoid causing lasting damage.

Figure 1. Litter sampling (only piglets exposed to a cotton rope) and family sampling (both sow and piglets are exposed to a cotton rope).

PRRSV surveillance on the breeding herd - is oral fluids from suckling piglets an alternative?

Oral fluids are practical, fast, easy, cost-effective and reliable methods for sampling pig populations, but it has not been easy or practical to obtain such samples from suckling piglets...

NutritionAbstract

Diet digestibility and growth performance of weaned pigs fed Brassica napus canola meal

Soybean meal in weanling diets may be partially replaced by canola meal without affecting performance parameters but, canola meal quality has to be taken into account.

NutritionAbstract

Feeding level during gestation affects farrowing and litter performance

Increasing feeding level during gestation may improve piglet body weight at birth but have a negative impact on feed intake and backfat loss during lactation.

ManagementAbstract

Pig carcass tail lesions: the influence of record keeping through an advisory service and the relationship with farm performance parameters

This study provides the first indication that record keeping through an advisory service may help to lower the risk of tail biting, which is associated with improved farm performance.

NutritionAbstract

Feed supplementation of lactobacillus affects performance and immune function of piglets

Feed supplemented strains have limited ability to compete with the indigenous intestinal microbiota of piglets.

ManagementAbstract

Ear tagging in piglets: the cortisol response with and without analgesia

Ear tagging causes a dramatic increase in cortisol levels compared with handling alone in piglets, which suggests that this procedure causes substantial distress.

Supplying the sows with paper to improve their welfare.

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ManagementArticle

Paper in the farrowing quarters: not only for the piglets...

It is easy to see the reaction of the sows (of all of them!) when we supply them with paper. A handful in front of their snout or at the reach of their mouth is enough... oxytocin! It is like giving an injection!

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Impact of maternally derived immunity on piglets’ immune response and protection against PCV2 after vaccination at different age

This study was aimed at evaluating the clinical protection, the level of Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) viremia and the immune response (antibodies and IFN-γ secreting cells (SC)) in piglets derived from PCV2 vaccinated sows and themselves vaccinated against PCV2 at different age, namely at 4, 6 and 8 weeks.

ManagementAbstract

Prevalence and factors associated with the occurrence of bacterial enteropathogens in suckling piglets in farrow-to-finish herds

The aim of the study was to determine both environmental and infectious factors, influencing occurrence of bacterial enteropathogens in suckling piglets.

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ManagementAbstract

Pig castration: will the EU manage to ban pig castration by 2018?

This study provides descriptive information on the practice of piglet castration across 24 European countries.

EMA recommends banning the therapeutic use of zinc oxide in pigs

The Committee therefore recommended the refusal of the granting of the marketing authorisations and the withdrawal of the existing marketing authorisations for veterinary medicinal products containing zinc oxide.

Figure 1. Pigs exposed to an environment with more microbes are better able to tolerate a disease challenge as a result of a diverse microbial community and more robust immune system.

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Protecting pigs with microbes

How can we expect our livestock to acquire a healthy microbiome when there is such limited exposure to the microbes that they evolved with?