The effect of double nursing, an alternative nursing strategy for the hyper-prolific sow herd
In the double nursing strategy every week one or more sows nurse two litters simultaneously from birth to weaning.
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High-tech camera helps protect sows and piglets
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and collaborators are using 3-D imaging to protect newborn piglets by monitoring adult female pigs' behavior.
New research highlights opportunity to improve the iron status of piglets
Iron deficiency could be reducing the performance of piglets post-weaning, despite the routine use of iron injections and feed supplements.
Zinc oxide and arginine interaction affects piglet antioxidant capacity and inflammatory response
The interaction between dietary Arginine content and ZnO supplementation may play a negative impact on the antioxidant capacity and inflammatory response in weanling pigs.
Clinical case: Poorly adapted piglets in a liquid system nursery
Weaning is a critical event in the pig’s life. It is a very important and stressful transition that, if not handled properly, can be responsible for the occurrence of diarrhoea and/or poorly adapted piglets.
Comparison of neural histomorphology in tail tips from pigs docked using clippers or cautery iron
Tail docking using either clippers or cautery results in neuroma formation, thus having the potential to affect long-term pig welfare.
The effect of mixing piglets after weaning on the occurrence of tail-biting during rearing
The effect of week after weaning had highly significant influences on tail lesions.
Replacing antibiotics using multi-enzyme preparations in piglets
Multi-enzyme supplementation may become a successful strategy to replace antibiotics in weanling diets.
Radiant heat increases piglets’ use of the heated creep area on the critical days after birth
The aim of the present study was to investigate how piglets’ use of a creep area is affected by using radiant heat compared to an incandescent light bulb.
Nature is wise III: Sows do not only make piglets, they also make enough milk to raise them
Lifting partitions in the farrowing unit allows piglets from different litters to mix, sharing teats and socializing.
Analysis of the intestinal situation of piglets
Analysis of the intestinal situation of piglets is an essential action in health management programs. A piglet population with good intestinal health has excellent feed conversion efficiency.
Fermented soybean meal for swine weanling diets
Fermented soybean meal may become a suitable and economic protein source for weanling diets according nutrient digestibility and intestinal health.
Arginine and amino acids supplementation in gestating gilts
Arginine and other amino supplementation in gestating gilts improve farrowing and litter performance in low prolificity sows (≤14 total piglets born).
How to control piglets during split nursing
The disadvantage of some boxes is that some piglets are too big and lively and jump off easily.
Hipra presents Previron®
HIPRA presents PREVIRON®, its new gleptoferron iron for the prevention of ferropenic anaemia in piglets.
Outcomes of gestation length in relation to farrowing performance
Premature births increase the number of intra-partum deaths and result in lower birthweights, the presence of apnoea, and severe metabolic alterations in piglets.