Effect of fermentable and inert fibre in weaning piglets
Predicting the functional effect of fibre ingredients when fed to early weaning piglets is advisable in order to control the gut health.
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Effects of sodium butyrate supplementation on reproductive performance and colostrum composition in gilts
Collectively, SB supplementation could reduce the rate of gilts return to estrus, alter the composition of colostrum and enhance the growth rate of piglets.
Impact of maternal vitamin D supplementation on sows and litter
Maternal vitamin D3 supplementation improves serum concentration in both sows and piglets but, does not affect their performance.
Effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid on cytotoxicity of peripheral blood lymphocytes in piglets
Dietary CLA enhanced cytotoxicity of peripheral blood lymphocytes perhaps through changing its fatty acid composition.
Enzymatic feather meal as protein source for diets in nursery pigs
Enzymatic feather meal may become an alternative protein source for piglet diets.
Weaning in open housing, an alternative for the management of a production increase
Open housing allow to increase the actual surface per weaned piglet, thus reducing hierarchy problems, and redefining the dunging, lying and feeding areas.
Nutritional management in the nursery
Understand the role nutrition can play in gut health and animal performance is essential to enjoying good performance as we move away from antibiotic growth promoters and heavy metals.
Management interventions for large litters: Economic assessment
Milk supplementation shows much higher growth rates in the fattening stage, so its implementation would be interesting to regain body condition in animals with low birth weight.
The effect of mixing levels on aggression at weaning in piglets
Growing mixing level increased aggression, lesion and weight loss after mixing.
How the anti-inflammatory drugs given to sows affect the piglets
Assessment of a study, by Enric de Marco, on the use of anti-inflammatory drugs in sows at farrowing in order to reduce piglet mortality and increase the weight of piglets at weaning.
Diagnosis and treatment of colibacillosis in the farrowing unit
Diarrhoea is their most typical clinical manifestation, and the earlier the onset, the more harmful it is. Newborn piglets can present with another clinical picture, with signs of sepsis (shock, depression, death, polyarthritis), which is associated with an extraintestinal E. coli.
How to arrange pan feeders in the farrowing room
An easy solution to store these feeders is to hang them in the corridor of their room. In this way, they do not stand in the way and they can dry well before being used again.
Effect of cross fostering on preweaning mortality
This study indicates that cross fostering was associated with lower risk for preweaning mortality.
Protection of piglets against Oedema Disease by maternal immunization with Stx2e Toxoid
The article provides an alternative to the current vaccination programs that could be the solution for farms with early onset oedema disease. However, this alternative —consisting of vaccinating the dams at the end of gestation to achieve post-weaning piglets immunization—, also raises questions...
Non-infectious causes of pre-weaning mortality in piglets
Piglet pre-weaning mortality (PWM) is one of the major reproductive components that affects herd productivity in the swine industry.
Foster sows, how to make them?
If we decide to use foster sows to wean the "extra" piglets farrowed by hyper-prolific sows, we must decide which system is best suited to our farm and our management conditions.