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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017 Postpartum dysgalactia syndrome (PPDS) and locomotory disorders are common health problems in sows. Previous research suggests that they can cause substantial losses, reduce sow welfare, and result in premature removal of the sow from the herd.
Jarkko K. Niemi +4 more
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Animal, 2019 Understanding how critical sow live-weight and back-fat depth during gestation are in ensuring optimum sow productivity is important. The objective of this study was to quantify the association between sow parity, live-weight and back-fat depth during ...
A. Lavery +5 more
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Animal, 2019 Nurse sow strategies are used to manage large litters on commercial pig farms. However, new-born piglets transferred to nurse sows in late lactation might be compromised in terms of growth and survival.
O. Schmitt +3 more
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Managing Reproduction in Hyperprolific Sow Herds
Animals, 2023 Simple Summary Understanding the physiological mechanisms responsible for the reproductive and productive development of modern sow genotypes will help to create or adapt management recommendations for the farm.
F. P. Bortolozzo +3 more
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mSystems, 2021 Although the direct effects of dietary fiber on gut microbiota composition have been studied extensively, systematic evaluation of different fiber sources on gut health and inflammatory responses of sows and their offspring has rarely been conducted ...
Boshuai Liu +10 more
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Reproductive health of the sow during puerperium
Molecular Reproduction and Development, 2022 The modern hyperprolific sow is susceptible to metabolic disease and chronic inflammation. The most sensitive phase is parturition, when the sow experiences systemic inflammation and stress, and major changes in metabolism and endocrinology.
S. Björkman, J. Kauffold, M. Kaiser
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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 +5 more
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The use of feed-grade amino acids in lactating sow diets
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2018 Background The use of feed grade amino acids can reduce the cost of lactation feed. With changing genetics, increasing feed costs, and higher number of pigs weaned with heavier wean weights further evaluation of higher inclusion levels of feed-grade ...
Laura Greiner +7 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 +7 more
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Governing animal–human relations in farming practices: a study of group housing of sows in the EU [PDF]
, 2015 EU pig welfare legislation required European pig farmers to shift from individual to group housing of pregnant sows by 1 January 2013. This requirement was principally designed to meet the sows’ needs for locomotion and interaction with conspecifics ...
De Krom, Michiel
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