Weighted pain-related behaviors in pigs undergoing castration based on multilevel logistic regression algorithm
Results indicate that the pain-related behaviors in pigs from the UPAPS have different statistical weights.
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Flavour supplementation to improve sow reproductive performance and microbiota during late gestation and lactation
Flavor supplementation improved the reproductive performance of the sows by changing the fecal microbial profile.
Further increase in Spanish imports of Dutch piglets in 2023
Spanish imports of Dutch piglets have been increasing steadily, having doubled in five years.
The impact of bump feeding on sow reproductive performance, milk yield, piglet birth weight, and farrowing behavior
Increasing feed intake during late gestation may improve sow and litter performance.
Effect of drying and warming piglets at farrowing on preweaning mortality
Drying and warming the piglets favors their survival only in farrowing units with moderate or suboptimal temperatures (<25ºC).
333 Emerging voices - Individual and nutritional factors affecting the homogeneity and performance of Iberian pig production
An investigation at both phenotypic and genotypic levels of the implications of the intrauterine development of the piglets in the postnatal growth. Doctoral thesis from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UCM, Spain, advised by Antonio Gonzalez de Bulnes, Cristina Óvilo Martín and Beatriz Isabel Redondo.
Cross fostering and nurse sows (I): How to handle hyperprolific sows
Here are three basic rules for deciding if and when to do cross fostering and use nurse sows.
Weaning age survey: At what age do you wean in your system? What do you think the age at weaning will be in five years?
Fifty-four percent of respondents currently wean their piglets at less than 28 days.
Risk factors differ for viable and low viable crushed piglets in free farrowing pens
Results show the importance of differentiating between low viable and viable crushed piglets for the interpretation of risk factors for crushing losses.
Effects of farrowing hut design on maternal and thermoregulatory behavior in outdoor housed sows and piglets
The metal hut appears to be the best compromise considering thermal environment, behavior, and litter survival.
Efficacy of transdermal flunixin in mitigating castration pain in piglets
Castrated piglets treated with transdermal flunixin demonstrated lower total pain scores and required less analgesic intervention immediately post-castration compared to castrated piglets receiving no treatment.
What is the best age for weaning piglets?
Enric Marco examines the reasons why the average age at weaning has not yet reached 28 days in Spain.
Analysis of image-based sow activity patterns reveals associations with piglet survival and early growth
The live-born piglets of sows that were more active the day before farrowing, standing and in other activity than drinking and eating, had higher survival rates.
Genetic parameters for early piglet weight, litter traits and number of functional teats in organic pigs
There is genetic variation in individual piglet weight, litter traits, and number of functional teats in organically and outdoor-reared pigs.
Split suckling survey: Most prefer to start with the smallest piglets, but is this right?
53% of the users who participated in the survey responded that they let the smallest piglets suckle first when doing split suckling.
Video about split suckling: The importance of the first few hours
To ensure that each piglet intakes enough colostrum and to help the smallest piglets get it, split suckling should be used.