Fermented garlic powder in weanling pigs
The use of 0.5 g/Kg of fermented garlic powder in the diet may improve ADG and ADFI in weanling pigs.
Page 7 of articles about weaning
Handling of the pan feeders and the lamps in the farrowing pens
Having a piglet feeder and a lamp in each farrowing pen avoids the annoying moving of these items between rooms and sometimes between buildings.
Weaning-to-service interval: what affects it and how to control it
Which factors affect the WTSI? Among the factors with a biggest influence we have: inadequate intake during lactation, season of the year, and length of the lactation.
Food comes from farms: Piglets taken away from their mothers
Watch this episode of Food Comes from Farms to see how family farmers provide humane housing and care for piglets. Learn what happens to the piglets when the farmer weans the piglet from its mother.
Chitoligosaccharide with different molecular weight on performance, selected microbial populations and nutrient digestibility in the weaned pig
Chitooligosaccharide supplementation of different molecular weight could be an alternative to antibiotics.
L-carnitine supplementation to suckling piglets affects carcass and meat quality at market age
L-carnitine supplementation does not directly increase the number of muscular fibres in weanling piglets with low body weight.
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.
Fenugreek seed affects intestinal microbiota and immunological variables in piglets after weaning
Fenugreek seeds might be interesting as a feed ingredient for young piglets.
Antimicrobial peptide-P5 supplementation on growth, digestibility and intestinal microbiota in weanling pigs
Antimicrobial peptides has the potential to improve the growth performance in weanling pigs.
Effects of reduced nocturnal temperature on pig performance and energy consumption in swine nursery rooms
Imposing a reduced nocturnal temperature regimen from 1900 to 0700 h is effective in reducing energy costs in the nursery.
Clinical case: An exceptionally serious encephalomyocarditis case in a nursery
There was a sudden increase in mortality in a site 2 farm with the loss of the "biggest piglets" in the group.No particular symptomatology was seen but every day some dead piglets were found.
High- and low-fibre fractions of canola nutrient digestibility and growth performance of weaned pigs
Air classification of canola meal fractions may allow more accurate feed formulation for piglets.
The live weight of the piglets weaned at 28 days: a decisive factor for a good post-weaning adaptation?
The performance decrease suffered by the piglets when weaned is one of the most worrying factors at the pig farms.
Spray-dried animal plasma on weanling pigs administered a PCV2 and M. hyopneumoniae vaccine strategy
Early administration of spray-dried animal plasma may stimulate feed intake in weanling pigs.
Effect of split weaning on sow ovulatory responses to injection of gonadotrophins during lactation
More split-weaned than control sows had elevated serum progesterone 2 days post weaning (47.6% versus 9.5%).
Dose-dependent effects of dietary zinc oxide on bacterial in weaned pigs
Ileal bacterial community composition of weaned pigs is modified depending on the level of dietary ZnO.