Page 16 of articles about piglet in Abstracts

Offspring of sows provided 25-hydroxycholecalciferol obtained a markedly improved vitamin D status.

Maternal seaweed extract and fish oil supplementation from day 109 of gestation until weaning stimulates growth performance and starter feed intake in weaning pigs.

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of cross-fostering on transfer of maternal Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae-specific humoral and cell-mediated immunity (CMI) from gilts to piglets.

Administration of flavor could increase creep feed intake pre-weaning and piglet average daily gain post-weaning.

Sows and piglets diets supplemented with probiotics are effective in maintaining animal performance and control of diarrhea during the nursery phase.

Partial enteral feeding increases superior mesenteric artery blood flow in the neonatal pig compared with total parenteral nutrition.

The concentration of fatty acids in subcutaneous fat and liver tissues of piglets 35 d after weaning is largely dependent on the CLA content of piglet diet rather than CLA enrichment of sow diet.

Metabolite combinations produced by L. plantarum strains are potential alternatives to antibiotics that could be used as growth promoter in postweaning piglets.

Providing the piglets with drinking water and having mechanically assisted ventilation (fans) in the vehicle during the journey significantly reduced the number of deaths, as did fasting the piglets before transport.

Infection with I suis during the suckling period can have an impact on postweaning performance. Thus, calculations of the economic impact of coccidiosis need to include the effect of slower growth rates in the first few weeks after weaning, as well as a reduction in suckling pig performance.

The aim of the present study was to further elucidate the eff ect the route of Fe supplementation may have on infectious diseases in piglets, and the relationship between Hb levels during suckling and growth from birth to slaughter.

Dietary supplementation of n-3 fatty acids during lactation improved the growth of nursing piglets.

Osmotic resistance of erythrocytes was not altered by increasing amounts of n-3 PUFA, whereas oxidative stability of erythrocytes, as well as oxidative parameters in plasma, were affected.

With the objective of determining the dynamic of influenza virus (SIV) infection in a closed cycle farm, investigators from CReSA (Spain) selected a complete batch of piglets weaned at 3 weeks (n=121) from a farm of sows that tested positive for SIV antibodies. They took nasal swabs and blood samples weekly, from week 3 to week 13, and then at weeks 15, 17, 20 and 24. On each visit to the farm, a clinical inspection of the sows was carried out.

The objective of our study was to evaluate the effect of increasing levels of dietary soybean meal concentrate and fish meal on the performance of weanling pigs.

Prenatal exposure to anisic flavor through the maternal diet reduced weaning-associated problems in piglets and enhanced their health and welfare in the period after weaning.