Page 10 of articles about weaning

Task organization: What day of the week should we wean? Several weanings per week

On large farms, it is common to wean more than once per week. This way, tasks can be homogenized throughout the week: each day will have a similar volume of work as the previous day.

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What day of the week should we wean?

A large part of the work on a swine farm can be divided into 3 key tasks: weaning, mating and farrowing. The day chosen for weaning determines the other two tasks; first, the matings, and then, as a consequence, the farrowings (the 2 ‘great events’ of which productivity of a farm depends on).

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Longitudinal study of swine influenza virus infection in a farrow to finish farm

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.

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Denmark - Pig slaughterings have dropped since 2004

Slaughterings in Denmark have dropped since 2004 and constituted 19.3 million in 2009 with a drastically increasing export of 7 million weaners.

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The influence of soybean concentrate and fish meal on nursery pig performance

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.

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Evaluation of alternatives to increase weaning age

Without adding more space, the only way to accommodate an increase in weaning age is to decrease the breeding herd inventory.

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Pork CRC nutrition research to pay producer dividends

Paying closer attention to nutrition in their pre and post weaning pigs promises to pay dividends for pork producers thanks to enhanced intestinal and immune development, survivability and performance.

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NutritionAbstract

Functional characterisation of a recombinant xylanase from Pichia pastoris and effect of the enzyme on nutrient digestibility in weaned pigs

The potential benefits of Xyn2 in the nutrition of weaned pigs should make it an alternative for industrial xylanase production.

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Effect of replacing fishmeal with crystalline amino acids on growth performance of nursery pigs from 7 to 11 kg

A good amino acid balance by supplementing crystalline amino acids may substitute fishmeal from weanling diets without affecting performance.

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In search of the ideal batch (2/2)

As we discovered in the last chapter, there are no “traditional” BM systems lasting over one week that allow for weaning at 28 days with a 5-week rotation time. However, breaking with the theoretical norms, we can wean at 28 days when working with batches every 5 weeks.

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Planning weaning (II): How many sows should I wean?

As mentioned in the first chapter of planning weaning, after deciding which sows are going to be weaned, on weaning day we must take into account several factors...

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Weaning in a shed

The current test is about weaning in sheds, with curtain separators in the nest.

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Effects of extra feeding in mid-pregnancy for three successive parities on lean sows’ productive performance and longevity

The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term effects of increasing feeding allowance during mid-pregnancy in sows.

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Body reserve mobilization during lactation in first parity sows and its effect on second litter size

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of sow body reserves at weaning and body reserve losses during the first lactation on the second litter size (SLS). A number of 1222 females which reached the second parity without failures such as return to estrus after insemination, abortion or failure to farrow, were analyzed. Measurements of body weight (BW), backfat thickness (BT) and body condition score (BCS) were taken within 24 h after farrowing and on the weaning day.

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Planning weaning (I): How many sows should I wean?

Deciding which sows are going to be weaned on weaning day is an important task that should be examined well.

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Increasing weaning age of piglets from 4 to 7 weeks reduces stress, increases post-weaning feed intake but does not improve intestinal functionality

This study tested the hypothesis that late weaning and the availability of creep feed during the suckling period compared with early weaning, improves feed intake, decreases stress and improves the integrity of the intestinal tract.