Page 11 of articles about sow in Abstracts

Under the study conditions, dam vaccination reduced PCV-2 viraemia in the offspring with colostrum access.

There is no evidence of a relation between haemoglobin concentration and the number of total born, stillborn or number of piglets alive at three weeks and the next breeding performance.

The inclusion of rapeseed meal until 10% does not affect sow reproductive or litter performance.

Corn and soybean meal may be partially replaced by DDGS in sow diets during late gestation and lactation without affecting sow and litter performance.

Feeding n-3 fatty acids to gilts may improve litter growth, but does not affect subsequent reproductive performance.

Litter uniformity is compromised by severe sow body condition loss during lactation and improved in sows with a prolonged WPI. These effects are likely related with (insufficient) restoration of follicle development.

Dietary alpha-lipoic acid supplementation in sows enhances the antioxidant activity and performance of mothers and their offspring.

Corn/soybean meal lactation diets can contain up to 0.40% L–lysine-HCl with no detrimental effect on reproductive performance.

Farrowing behavior, cross-fostering, birth weight and gender of piglets were investigated.

The supply of the antioxidants to the sow during the weaning‐estrus interval significantly reduced both the percentage of immature piglets per litter and the within‐litter variation of birth weights.

Providing 3.05 g/Mcal ratio of SID Lys:ME in lactating sows, litter weight gain could be maximized.

Sows had received their daily ration in one or two meals. Reproductive performance during gestation and the following lactation was measured.

Increasing the feeding level during gestation improves weight gain of the sow and diminishes blood’s NEFA concentration, but does not affect the embryo or the placenta.

The inclusion of a mixture of animal-vegetable blend fat and choice white grease may improve sow and litter performance in summer conditions.

Sorting by parity shielded first-parity sows from severe injuries caused by mixing-induced aggression.

“2nd parity syndrome” (P2S) includes various signs: delayed estrus, infertility and small litters.