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Denmark: alternatives for reducing piglets mortality rate

The report “Piglet mortality in Denmark” published in 2010 described a number of alternatives for reducing the mortality rate. These various alternatives are also mentioned in a new report published in January 2012.

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Animal welfare aspects of good agricultural practice pig farming. Part 2 of 3

Farrowing sows, later weaning, avoiding tail-biting.

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Varying creep feed duration affects pre-weaning and post-weaning performance and behavior of piglet and sow

Creep feed initiated from day 5 and 10 reduce diarrhea scores in piglets and the estrus interval in sows.

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Effect of day of mixing gestating sows on reproductive fertility

These results suggest that mixing sows in the 1st or 2nd week of gestation can result in reduced conception and farrowing rates when compared to housing sows in stalls.

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The dilemma of fostering on the first day of life

The ingestion of Ig in sufficient quantity is the first priority. So much so that it even comes before the factor that seems most important: the feed supply.

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Testing females to improve accuracy

With high-priced feed accounting for the major cost of production, it is important to test the females in all lines, as well as the males, since they contribute 50 per cent of the genetics to the next generation.

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Monitoring of Farrowing (III): Factors that increase stillbirths

Long farrowings increase mortality, and deaths occur above all in the last 1/3 of the delivery.

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CLA during last week of gestation and lactation alters colostrum and milk fat composition and performance of reproductive sows

CLA administration to sows reduces backfat thickness loss during the lactation period and lets to higher piglet weight at weaning.

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Urinary tract infections (UTI) in the lactating sows: is it a real problem?

UTIs are among the most frequent bacterial infections in the herd but they are rarely diagnosed or taken into consideration by veterinarians.

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Effect of site of sperm deposition on fertility when sows are inseminated with aged semen

In the present study, intrauterine deposition of sperm did allow maintenance of farrowing rate, but did not ameliorate the adverse effect of inseminating aged sperm on litter size.

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Denmark: status on 2013 legislation

Research undertaken in 2010 indicated that 70% of Danish producers now comply with EU legislation effective from January 2013, which will ban the use of traditional stalls for pregnant sows.

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Folic acid affects performance of suckling piglets and sows during lactation

Supplementation with folic acid in the diets of lactating sows increases milk production, improves milk quality and the performance of piglets.

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Batch 5 (yellow) enters rooms 9, 10, 1, 2 and half of room 3.

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Management of farrowing objectives to achieve optimal piglet weight at weaning (II): batches every two weeks

The dispersion of matings described in the previous article is even more drastic on farms operating in bands over one week.

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Stillbirth and preweaning mortality in litters of sows induced to farrow with supervision

To evaluate the benefits of induced farrowing with supervision on rates of stillbirths and preweaning mortality,a total of 159 multiparous sows were assigned in approximately equal numbers to two groups.

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Hormone management V: Using altrenogest to restore the metabolic state of weaned sows

When gilts were mated at a little more than 100 kg, productivity at 2nd parity had a huge decline and the sow was never able to reach their maximum potential.

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Lysine intake during late gestation on reproductive performance, colostrum composition, blood metabolites and hormones of multiparous sows

Higher lysine levels than those recommended by the NRC improve reproductive performance for multiparous gestating sows.