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Effects of socialising piglets on sow and piglet performance and behaviour of entire male piglets

Animal
Entire male pigs show more aggressive behaviour and mounting than female pigs. By sorting growing pigs into male and female pens, at least half of the pigs are protected from the aggressive behaviour and mounting of the entire males.
L. Rydhmer, K. Andersson
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Effect of Different Cross-Fostering Strategies on Growth Performance, Stress Status and Immunoglobulin of Piglets

Animals, 2021
The effect of different cross-fostering strategies on the growth performance, stress and immunity of piglets was investigated in this study. In the first experiment, a total of 20 litters (i.e., 20 sows) and 120 piglets were classified into one of six ...
Xiaojun Zhang, Meizhi Wang, Tengfei He, Shenfei Long, Yao Guo, Zhaohui Chen   +5 more
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Welfare and Performance of Post-Weaning Sows and Piglets Previously Housed in Farrowing Pens with Temporary Crating on a Spanish Commercial Farm: A Pilot Study

Animals, 2022
The study investigated the effect of farrowing environment on the weaning adaptability of sows and piglets. One farrowing crate (FC) and two farrowing pens with temporary crating (TC: SWAP and JLF15) were compared.
Heng-Lun Ko, Déborah Temple, Janni Hales, Xavier Manteca, Pol Llonch   +4 more
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Comparison of birth weight and umbilical and placental characteristics of cloned and artificial insemination-derived piglets [PDF]

Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 2019
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)-derived piglets have significantly higher stillbirth rate and postnatal mortality rate than artificial insemination (AI)-generated piglets.
Zheng AO, Chengfa ZHAO, Yanmin GAN, Xiao WU, Junsong SHI, Enqin ZHENG, Dewu LIU, Gengyuan CAI, Zhenfang WU, Zicong LI
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PRRSV-Vaccinated, Seronegative Sows and Maternally Derived Antibodies (I): Impact on PRRSV-1 Challenge Outcomes in Piglets

Vaccines, 2023
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) remains an infectious agent with high importance in the swine industry. In this study, the influence of maternally derived antibodies (MDAs) on an experimental PRRSV-1 challenge is investigated.
Jorian Fiers, Dominiek Maes, Ann-Brigitte Cay, Laurent Mostin, Anna Parys, Marylène Tignon   +5 more
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Behaviour and growth performance of low-birth-weight piglets cross-fostered in multiparous sows with piglets of higher birth weights

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2014
The aim of the study was to evaluate the behaviour, pre-weaning survival rate and growth performance of low birth weight (BW) piglets cross-fostered with piglets of higher weights.
L.P. Souza, H.C.C. Fries, G. Heim, J.E. Faccin, L.F. Hernig, B.T. Marimon, M.L. Bernardi, F.P. Bortolozzo, I. Wentz   +8 more
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Fat deposition deficiency is critical for the high mortality of pre-weanling newborn piglets

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2018
Background The high mortality of pre-weanling piglets is a dominant challenge which severely restricts the development of pig industry. A number of factors including nutrients imbalance and temperature variation during postnatal period of piglets have ...
Ting He, Long He, Enen Gao, Jinhua Hu, Jianjun Zang, Chunlin Wang, Jinshan Zhao, Xi Ma   +7 more
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Influences Which Affect Reproductive Characters of Sows in Studied Reproductive Breeding

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2016
The aim of the study was to evaluate influences which affect reproductive characters of sows in chosen reproductive breeding. These reproductive traits of sows were studied: number of all, live born and weaned piglets, losses from live born piglets till ...
Libor Sládek, Vladimír Mikule, Kateřina Wasserbauerová   +2 more
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Effect of Genotype and Sex of Piglets on Their Losses Before Weaning

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2017
The aim of the experiment was to analyze selected reproductive characteristics in sows and losses of piglets according to their age and to evaluate the effect of sex on survivability of piglets before weaning.
Pavel Nevrkla, Zdeněk Hadaš, Pavel Horký, Vendula Kamanová   +3 more
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The growth performance, intestinal digestive and absorptive capabilities in piglets with different lengths of small intestines

Animal, 2020
The small intestine is an important digestive organ and plays a vital role in the life of a pig. We tested the hypothesis that the length of the small intestine is related to growth performance and intestinal functions of piglets.
M. Wang, C. Yang, Q.Y. Wang, J.Z. Li, Y.L. Li, X.Q. Ding, J. Yin, H.S. Yang, Y.L. Yin   +8 more
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