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An investigation of the impacts of induced parturition, birth weight, birth order, litter size, and sow parity on piglet serum concentrations of immunoglobulin G

Supervision of farrowing may allow for improved colostrum intake with benefits to passive immunity.

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Sows in gestation crates

Erin Ehinger from Dykhuis farms in Michigan explains why individual sow housing allows her to provide the best possible care to the sows.

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Advantages and disadvantages of liquid feeding for sows

This feeding system has a great return on investment, especially for the lactating sows, and even more in hot areas.

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Live yeast supplementation to gestation and lactation diets on reproductive performance in sows

Live yeast supplementation may improve reproductive performance in sows.

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Coloured pegs for the identification of the number of returns to oestrus of the sows

The goal is to identify the number of returns to oestrus of the sows quickly and at a glance using coloured pegs.

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Average daily weight (ADWG) (g/d) and average daily feed intake (ADFI) (g/d) in the nursery stage according to the origin of the piglets (born to primiparous or multiparous sows)

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Small piglets born to young sows: a very dangerous combination (III): Effects on the nurseries

The piglets born to primiparous sows show a worse performance during the nursery stage and a twofold risk of dying than the piglets born to multiparous sows.

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Effect of creatine supplementation during the last week of gestation on birth intervals, stillbirth, and preweaning mortality in pigs

Creatine supplementation improved myelination and may reduce the incidence of low birth weight piglets being crushed by the dam.

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Sows living the alternative lifestyle

Erin Ehinger from Dykhuis farms in Michigan invites you to look inside a barn with pen gestation. She explains why her farm transitioned from stall housing to pens.

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Nurse sows (III): Moving sows “backwards”

In the previous piece of advice we saw that obtaining foster sows by moving piglets "forward" had some disadvantages, which are solved by moving the sows "backwards".

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Sow dietary fatty acid proﬁle alters fat metabolism and fatty acid composition in weanling pigs

Sows fed PUFA rich diets promote FA beta-oxidation in pigs after weaning which could help the mobilization of body reserves for this critical period.

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Updated scientific evidence on the welfare of gestating sows kept in different housing systems

Recent papers found similar productivity, physiology, health, and behavior among individually or grouped sows during gestation.

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Small piglets born to young sows: a very dangerous combination (II): Control measures

Small piglets with a low viability are a growing problem, and they represent one of the main causes of pre-weaning mortality.

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Assistance during the birth

About the importance of a good assistance during the birth...

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One gilt has an ear tag and the other one has none. We have detected a heat in the first one and none in the other one.

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Using ear tags for controlling heats in the quarantine area

A very simple system for monitoring the heats of replacement gilts that consists of putting them ear tags at each of the two heats during the quarantine period.

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