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Dynamics and longevity of maternally-acquired antibodies to Taenia solium in piglets born to naturally infected sows

The observed variations in the level of maternally-acquired Abs amongst piglets will pose a major challenge to the implementation of vaccination programmes against T. solium cysticercosis.

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Administration of Pediococcus acidilactici or Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii modulates development of porcine mucosal immunity and reduces intestinal bacterial translocation after Escherichia coli challenge

Porcine mucosal immune response against E coli may be modulated by dietary probiotic supplementation.

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Supplemental zinc reduced intestinal permeability by enhancing occluding and zonula occludens protein-1 (ZO-1) expression in weaning piglets

The use of pharmacological Zn doses in weanling diets for piglets may reduce intestinal permeability against potential pathogens.

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Playing and fighting by piglets around weaning on farms, employing individual or group housing of lactating sows

We assessed how piglets play, fighting and biting behaviour before and after weaning were affected by the housing system and weaning age as well as how the three behaviours are related to each other and piglet post-weaning weight gain.

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Germany – Increase in numbers of slaughter hogs and piglets

Although the German pig herd has shrunk over the past couple of years, German producers are importing increasing numbers of slaughter hogs and piglets from other countries, in particular Denmark.

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Effects of dietary glycyl-glutamine on growth performance, small intestinal integrity, and immune responses of weaning piglets challenged with lipopolysaccharide

Dietary glycyl-glutamine supplementation may alleviate the negative effects on growth and on the inmune system of a challege in early weaned piglets.

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Quick test shows gut flora in piglets

When piglets are weaned from milk to solid food, their intestinal flora change, with a steep rise in the numbers of potentially harmful streptococci. This finding has come out of research done by Odette Pérez Gutiérrez, who developed a micro-array called the PIT (pig intestinal tract) chip with which she can quickly scan six hundred different types of bacteria on a glass slide in the lab.

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Comparison between computerised liquid feeding and ad libitum dry feeding for sows during lactation

Liquid feeding during lactation may increase feed intake without affecting piglet performance

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Body weight gain and nutrient utilization in starter pigs that are liquid-fed high-moisture corn-based diets supplemented with phytase

Dietary phytase addition to liquid feeding weanling piglets may improve nutrient digestibility, bone strength and mineralization

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Longitudinal field study to assess sow level risk factors associated with stillborn piglets

The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for stillborn piglets at sow level in commercial pig herds in northern Belgium. In total, 545 sows of 22 pig herds were included in the study. Stillborn piglets were observed in 48.3% of the litters and the mean stillbirth rate of the sows was 7.5%.

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Denmark - Stable exports of piglets

Over the first four months of the year 2,438,000 piglets were exported and it is five percent more that during the same period of last year.

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Denmark - The Minister of Agriculture studies proposals to diminish the piglet mortality rate

In Denmark, several studies about piglet mortality puts the rate at 24% during the first 4 weeks of life. These results have been deemed “unacceptable” by the Danish Minister of Agriculture, Henrik Hoegh.

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Nutritional value of high-fat oats fed to weaned pigs

High-fat oats may be a suitable feed ingredient for weanling diets.

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Proportion of the litter farrowed, litter size, and progesterone and estradiol effects on piglet birth intervals and stillbirths

Stillbirth in swine ranges from 2 to 9%, resulting in a significant loss of piglets. Previous studies clearly indicate a relationship between prolonged birth intervals and stillbirth, but factors influencing birth intervals are not fully known. To characterize birth intervals and stillbirth, farrowing was recorded during three farrowing seasons.

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Effect of a dietary sulfur amino acid deficiency on the amino acid composition of body proteins in piglets

Body amino acid composition is affected by dietary amino acid supplementation.

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Impact of piglet birth weight, birth order and litter size on subsequent growth performance, carcass quality, muscle composition and eating quality of pork

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between birth weight, birth order or litter size on growth performance, carcass quality and eating quality of the ultimate pork product. Data were collected from 98 pig litters and, with the addition of recording birth weight and birth order, farrowing and piglet management were according to normal barn practices.