The effect of varying duration of water restriction on lactating sows
Duration of water restriction did not affect water consumption on a 24-h basis, nursing behaviour or performance.
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The performance of lactating sows and their offspring assessed over feed presentation
Feed presentation in crumbles or mash for does not affect sow and litter performance.
Lameness blindness (1/2)
Apparently, lameness problems amount to just 5% of the causes for sending pigs to slaughter...
Health protocols for replacements (1/3)
The isolation and acclimation period is not negotiable, it is an investment.
Conjugated linoleic acid during late gestation reduces the fat content in the colostrum and increases IgG
Colostrum production and immunoglobulin concentrations to conjugated linoleic acid during late gestation.
Providing colostrum with an AI catheter
Use the probe of an intrauterine AI catheter to provide colostrum.
Replacements adaptation in Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae control
Gilts are the population most likely to excrete M. hyo during lactation because they will probably have become infected within 200 days prior to their first farrowing.
Interval from last insemination to culling: Culling reasons from practise and the correlation with longevity
This study showed the potential to select on longer interval from last insemination to culling in days and thereby select against sows to be culled within the reproduction, locomotion, accident, general disorder and peri-partum cull class and to be culled at the end of a parity.
Pre-lactation nutrition strategies for optimal sow and piglet performance
The evolution of genetics in modern sows requires nutritionists to evolve their diets and feeding programs accordingly. Nutritionist need to consider not only the role of nutrition on metabolism but also on hormone regulation and subsequent reproduction.
Optimization of post-cervical insemination in pigs: critical points
This article lists the critical points that must be considered for a successful post-cervical insemination in sows.
Measures to reduce neonatal mortality: management, genetics and new housing for lactating sows
Neonatal mortality does not only depend on the design of the farrowing crate, but also on genetic and management factors, as well as litter size, especially with the increased use of hyper-prolific dam lines.
Effect of radiant heat at the birth site in farrowing crates on hypothermia and behaviour in neonatal piglets
Radiant heating behind the sows reduced hypothermia in new-born piglets and indicate that providing heat during the first half hour after birth is important.
The role of gilt acclimation in the control of PRRS
The first and the most important condition at the beginning of PRRSV control program is to disrupt virus circulation in the reproductive herd.
Improving the sows perception of the boar
The idea is to modify the doors of the pen where sows are housed in groups to increase the contact with the boar.
What is the best age for the first service? Well, it depends
The month of the sow's birth affects the number of piglets born alive in the first farrowing.
Current state of post-cervical insemination in multiparous, primiparous and nulliparous sows
It is necessary to find alternatives to definitely implement this technique in primiparous sows and start its use in gilts.