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Impact of litter size, supplementary milk replacer and housing on the body composition of piglets from hyper-prolific sows at weaning

Animal, 2021
The modern hyper-prolific sow gives birth to 17 live-born piglets on average. An alternative strategy to nurse sows and artificial rearing may be providing milk replacer while letting all the piglets stay with their dam.
C. Kobek-Kjeldager, V.A. Moustsen, L.J. Pedersen, P.K. Theil   +3 more
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Milk Replacer Supplementation Ameliorates Growth Performance and Rumen Microbiota of Early-Weaning Yimeng Black Goats

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Increasing evidence has indicated the ameliorative effect of milk replacer supplementation in ruminants for regulating their early growth and rumen development.
Zhaoqing Han, Aoyun Li, Lulu Pei, Kun Li, Taihua Jin, Fukuan Li, Zhennan Wang, Shenjin Lv, Yongzhu Li   +8 more
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Rumen Development of Artificially-Reared Lambs Exposed to Three Different Rearing Regimens

Animals, 2021
The objective of this study was to examine the effect of three different rearing regimens on rumen development in lambs reared artificially. Romney ram lambs were randomly allocated to one of three treatments: commercial milk replacer fed to 57 d of age ...
Hitihamy M. G. P. Herath, Sarah J. Pain, Paul R. Kenyon, Hugh T. Blair, Patrick C. H. Morel   +4 more
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Effect of litter size, milk replacer and housing on production results of hyper-prolific sows

Animal, 2020
The modern hyper-prolific sow gives birth to more piglets than she has functional teats (in the following called supernumerary piglets). The aim of the present study was (1) to investigate the production consequences of hyper-prolific sows rearing ...
C. Kobek-Kjeldager, V.A. Moustsen, P.K. Theil, L.J. Pedersen   +3 more
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Microbiome analysis reveals gut microbiota alteration of early-weaned Yimeng black goats with the effect of milk replacer and age

Microbial Cell Factories, 2021
Background Colonization of intestinal microbiota in ruminant during the early life is important to host health, metabolism and immunity. Accumulating evidence revealed the ameliorative effect of milk replacer administration in the gut microbial ...
Aoyun Li, Yan Yang, Songkang Qin, Shenjin Lv, Taihua Jin, Kun Li, Zhaoqing Han, Yongzhu Li   +7 more
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Growth and Body Composition of Artificially-Reared Lambs Exposed to Three Different Rearing Regimens

Animals, 2021
This study was designed to investigate the influence of pellet fibre level, milk replacer composition and age at weaning on growth and body composition of lambs reared artificially.
Hitihamy M. G. P. Herath, Sarah J. Pain, Paul R. Kenyon, Hugh T. Blair, Patrick C. H. Morel   +4 more
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Galacto-Oligosaccharides Increase the Abundance of Beneficial Probiotic Bacteria and Improve Gut Architecture and Goblet Cell Expression in Poorly Performing Piglets, but Not Performance

Animals, 2023
Poorly performing piglets receiving commercial milk replacers do not benefit from the naturally occurring probiotic galacto-oligosaccharides otherwise found in sow milk.
Adam Lee, Stephen C. Mansbridge, Lu Liang, Ian F. Connerton, Kenneth H. Mellits   +4 more
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Drenching Bovine Colostrum, Quercetin or Fructo-Oligosaccharides Has No Effect on Health or Survival of Low Birth Weight Piglets

Animals, 2021
The introduction of hyperprolific sows has resulted in more low birth weight (LBW) piglets, accompanied by higher mortality. A possible strategy to enhance the resilience and survival of LBW piglets is oral supplementation (drenching) of bioactive ...
Kevin Van Tichelen, Sara Prims, Miriam Ayuso, Céline Van Kerschaver, Mario Vandaele, Jeroen Degroote, Steven Van Cruchten, Joris Michiels, Chris Van Ginneken   +8 more
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Growth, health, and economics of dairy calves fed organic milk replacer or organic whole milk in an automated feeding system

JDS Communications, 2021
The objective of the study was to investigate the growth, health, behavior, and economics of dairy calves fed organic milk replacer (n = 41) or organic whole milk (n = 40) in an automatic feeding system.
K.T. Sharpe, B.J. Heins
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Comparison of the effects of high and low milk-replacer feeding regimens on health and growth of crossbred dairy heifers [PDF]

, 2019
Context: Pre-weaning growth in dairy heifers is highly dependent on the amount of milk fed. Both milk replacer (MR) and associated labour are costly, encouraging restricted milk rations and once-a-day feeding.
Johnson, Kate F., Nair, R. Vinod, Wathes, D. C.   +2 more
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