Italy: increase in the importation of live pigs
During the first 5 months of this year, the importation of live pigs of less and more than 50 kg liveweight has increased by 3.6% and 8%, respectively.
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Insulin-stimulating diets during the weaning-to-estrus interval in high-prolific multiparous sows
Insulin-stimulating diets did not improve prolificity and piglet’s quality.
Food comes from farms: Piglets taken away from their mothers
Watch this episode of Food Comes from Farms to see how family farmers provide humane housing and care for piglets. Learn what happens to the piglets when the farmer weans the piglet from its mother.
Chitoligosaccharide with different molecular weight on performance, selected microbial populations and nutrient digestibility in the weaned pig
Chitooligosaccharide supplementation of different molecular weight could be an alternative to antibiotics.
Creep feeding
Creep feeding is the practice of feeding a solid diet to piglets while they are suckling the sow, preparing their digestive system for weaning.
Suckling effects in sows: importance for mammary development and productivity
Suckling during 12 to 14 h postpartum is insufficient to maintain lactation and the process of involution that occurs in early lactation is reversible within 1 day.
L-carnitine supplementation to suckling piglets affects carcass and meat quality at market age
L-carnitine supplementation does not directly increase the number of muscular fibres in weanling piglets with low body weight.
Natural vitamin E (d-α-tocopherol) supplementation in drinking water prevents oxidative stress in weaned piglets
Those piglets supplemented with natural α-tocopherol in drinking water and born from sows supplemented with the same form of vitamin E (SS-SP) had the highest serum α-tocopherol concentration at five days post-weaning.
Evaluation of blood parameters as an early assessment of health status in nursery pigs
On the basis of the results of this study, it is possible that unthrifty nursery pigs may be identified by blood chemistry analysis at a time when they are showing no outward signs of disease.
Live yeast supplementation to gestation and lactation diets on reproductive performance in sows
Live yeast supplementation may improve reproductive performance in sows.
Small piglets born to young sows: a very dangerous combination (III): Effects on the nurseries
The piglets born to primiparous sows show a worse performance during the nursery stage and a twofold risk of dying than the piglets born to multiparous sows.
Effect of creatine supplementation during the last week of gestation on birth intervals, stillbirth, and preweaning mortality in pigs
Creatine supplementation improved myelination and may reduce the incidence of low birth weight piglets being crushed by the dam.
The use of chestnuts (Castanea sativa Mill.) as a source of resistant starch in the diet of the weaned piglet
Chestnuts could be used as an alternative source of RS in the diet of weaned piglets, although their feed conversion ratio (FCR) may be worsened.
Nurse sows (III): Moving sows “backwards”
In the previous piece of advice we saw that obtaining foster sows by moving piglets "forward" had some disadvantages, which are solved by moving the sows "backwards".
Sow dietary fatty acid profile alters fat metabolism and fatty acid composition in weanling pigs
Sows fed PUFA rich diets promote FA beta-oxidation in pigs after weaning which could help the mobilization of body reserves for this critical period.
Small piglets born to young sows: a very dangerous combination (II): Control measures
Small piglets with a low viability are a growing problem, and they represent one of the main causes of pre-weaning mortality.