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The aim of the experiment was to study the effect on litter performance of two oral supplementation strategies on piglets born weighing 1.35 kg or less.

Maternal backfat depth in gestating sows influences on offspring growth and carcass lean yield.

No dam related risk factor for colonisation status of litter or piglets within litters could be identified.

One-dose vaccination of sows against PCV2 induces colostral antibody transfer.

Modifications in faecal microbiota of sows by E. faecium are carried over to their offspring.

It can be concluded that litter performance at weaning is related to birth weight coefficient of variation.

Artificial rearing is a good alternative to raise supernumerary piglets.

In conclusion, placental transmission of PCV-2 from a non-immune sow to fetuses is possible when the infection of the dam occurs before gestation or after 62 days of gestation.

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.

Dietary treatments of ≥800 IU/kg feed showed beneficial effects for breeding swine in terms of bone mineral content and ultimate strength, decreased number of still born piglets, and greater vitamin D status in comparison with dietary treatments of 200 IU/kg of feed.

Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the frequency of M. hyopneumoniae infections in suckling pigs of endemically infected herds.