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First lactation performance of sows in Maternity Ring housing is comparable to that in farrowing crates [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceThere is a trade-off between sow and piglet welfare in farrowing pens, whereby increased behavioural freedom of sows results in unacceptable levels of piglet mortality.
Kate J. Plush +4 more
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Examining the links between temperature, piglet behaviour and survival during winter in outdoor housing in Australia [PDF]
Animal WelfareCold stress is a significant welfare concern for piglets, particularly in outdoor housing systems where the ambient climate cannot be controlled. To deal with cold stress, piglets engage in heat-inducing behaviours, such as maintaining proximity to the ...
Amelia H Sofra +2 more
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Sow-Piglet Nose Contacts in Free-Farrowing Pens
Animals, 2019 Nose contact is a frequent form of social behaviour in pigs, but the motivational reasons underlying this behaviour remain unclear. We investigated the frequency, direction and type of sow−piglet nosing behaviour and its association with sow and ...
Jean Loup Rault +2 more
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A Review of Success Factors for Piglet Fostering in Lactation
Animals, 2018 Piglet movement from one sow to another, or fostering, is required in modern pig farming but there is little available literature on the most effective strategy.
Kate J Plush
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Animals, 2019 Pens with farrowing crate (FC) and two differently designed free-farrowing pens (LH-pens: 7.3 m², plastic flooring; GH-pens: 5 m², cast-iron and concrete flooring) were compared regarding piglet losses and postpartum sow behaviour (all ...
Thies Nicolaisen +2 more
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Review: Improving pig survival with a focus on birthweight: a practical breeding perspective
Animal, 2023 Survival of growing pigs through to slaughter age is not only a key driver of profitability but also has implications for animal welfare. Changing preweaning mortality by over 3% gives a similar change in profit per pig as changing postweaning mortality ...
J. Harper, K.L. Bunter
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Genetic variation in piglet mortality in outdoor organic production systems
Animal, 2022 Piglet mortality from farrowing to weaning is a major concern, especially in outdoor organic production systems. This issue might impair animal welfare and generate economic losses for the farmer.
Thinh T. Chu +4 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2020 Background: Human milk contains both arachidonic acid (ARA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Supplementation of infant formula with ARA and DHA results in fatty acid (FA) profiles, neurodevelopmental outcomes, and immune responses in formula-fed infants ...
Kaylee E. Hahn +12 more
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A value chain analysis of interventions to control production diseases in the intensive pig production sector [PDF]
, 2020 Value chain analysis (VCA) calculated the financial effects on food chain actors of interventions to improve animal health and welfare in the intensive pig sector. Two interventions to reduce production diseases were studied.
Bennett, Richard +6 more
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Animals, 2023 In the present systematic review and meta-analysis, we evaluated the effects of providing piglets with creep feed during lactation on piglet pre- and post-weaning performance. A total of 20 articles met the inclusion criteria.
Bruno B. D. Muro +12 more
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