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A 10-year trend in piglet pre-weaning mortality in breeding herds associated with sow herd size and number of piglets born alive

Porcine Health Management, 2021
Background Piglet pre-weaning mortality (PWM) is one of the biggest problems regarding sow performance and piglet welfare. Recently, PWM has increased in some countries, but it is not known if there are similar increases in other countries, nor whether ...
Y. Koketsu, R. Iida, C. Piñeiro
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Effect of Sow Intestinal Flora on the Formation of Endometritis

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Endometritis is the main cause of decreased reproductive performance of sows, while one of the most important factors in the etiology of sow endometritis is an aberration of birth canal microbiota.
Ling Zhang, Linkang Wang, Yimin Dai, Tianyu Tao, Jingqi Wang, Yunzheng Wu, Xiu Zeng, Jinhua Zhang   +7 more
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Quantifying the impact of land degradation on crop production: the case of Senegal [PDF]

Solid Earth, 2016
Land degradation has been a persistent problem in Senegal for more than a century and by now has become a serious impediment to long-term development.
B. G. J. S. Sonneveld, M. A. Keyzer, D. Ndiaye   +2 more
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Impacts of Betaine Addition in Sow and Piglet's Diets on Growth Performance, Plasma Hormone, and Lipid Metabolism of Bama Mini-Pigs

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021
The present study evaluated the effects of betaine addition in sow and piglet's diets on growth performance, plasma hormone, and lipid metabolism of Bama mini-pigs.
Yating Cheng, Yating Cheng, Mingtong Song, Qian Zhu, Qian Zhu, Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Qiankun Gao, Xiangfeng Kong, Xiangfeng Kong, Xiangfeng Kong   +10 more
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CAT-CBAM-Net: An Automatic Scoring Method for Sow Body Condition Based on CNN and Transformer

Sensors, 2023
Sow body condition scoring has been confirmed as a vital procedure in sow management. A timely and accurate assessment of the body condition of a sow is conducive to determining nutritional supply, and it takes on critical significance in enhancing sow ...
Hongxiang Xue, Yuwen Sun, Jinxin Chen, Haonan Tian, Zihao Liu, Mingxia Shen, Longshen Liu   +6 more
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Sustainable wastewater management from shale oil production wells: emerging opportunities and barriers

Applied Water Science, 2022
During the production from shale oil formations, the produced water has been dedicated to different procedures such as chemical enhanced oil recoveries, drilling mud making (e.g., for various purposes of lubrication and cooling) and hydraulic fracturing.
Zeqi Wang, Milad Akhavan, Mohammad Nabi Ilani Kashkouli, Maria Jade Catalan Opulencia, Dinh Tran Ngoc Huy, Pham Van Tuan, Afshin Davarpanah   +6 more
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Evaluation of Fatty Acid Distributions and Triacylglycerol Species in Sow Milk and Commercial Piglet Formulas: A Comparative Study Based on Fat Sources and Lactation Stages

Animals, 2022
Total fatty acid and sn-2 fatty acid compositions, and triacylglycerol (TAG) species in 130 sow colostrum, 100 sow milk, and 22 piglet formula samples were analyzed in the present study.
Cuirong Ren, Jun Jin, Thom Huppertz, Yanbing Zhang, Qingzhe Jin, Xingguo Wang   +5 more
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Implementation of Computer-Vision-Based Farrowing Prediction in Pens with Temporary Sow Confinement

Veterinary Sciences, 2023
The adoption of temporary sow confinement could improve animal welfare during farrowing for both the sow and the piglets. An important challenge related to the implementation of temporary sow confinement is the optimal timing of confinement in crates ...
Maciej Oczak, Kristina Maschat, Johannes Baumgartner   +2 more
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Piglets’ behaviour and performance in relation to sow characteristics

Animal, 2023
The importance of maternal care in commercial pig production is largely ignored. The sow has little possibility to interact with her piglets, and piglets are often subjected to early weaning or artificial rearing.
Emma M. Baxter, Sarah A. Hall, Marianne Farish, Jo Donbavand, Mark Brims, Mhairi Jack, Alistair B. Lawrence, Irene Camerlink   +7 more
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NORFA, long intergenic noncoding RNA, maintains sow fertility by inhibiting granulosa cell death

Communications Biology, 2020
Long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs) have been proved to be involved in regulating female reproduction. However, to what extent lincRNAs are involved in ovarian functions and fertility is incompletely understood.
Xing Du, Lu Liu, Qiqi Li, Lifan Zhang, Z. Pan, Qifa Li   +5 more
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