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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 +5 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 +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 +2 more
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Dietary fiber and microbiota interaction regulates sow metabolism and reproductive performance
Animal Nutrition, 2020 Dietary fiber is a critical nutrient in sow diet and has attracted interest of animal nutritionists for many years. In addition to increase sows’ satiety, dietary fiber has been found to involve in the regulation of multiple biological functions in the ...
Min Tian +5 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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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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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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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 This study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary Yucca schidigera extract (YSE) supplementation to sow performance, nutrients digestibility and ammonia emission of manure. Total 80 sows were randomly divided into 4 groups and fed with either
Fang Chen +11 more
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The challenge of large litters on the immune system of the sow and the piglets.
Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene, 2019 The use of hyperprolific sow lines has increased litter size considerably in the last three decades. Nowadays, in some countries litters can reach up to 18-20 piglets being a major challenge for the sow's physiology during pregnancy, parturition and ...
C. Oliviero +2 more
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Animal, 2019 Sow productivity improvements continue to increase metabolic demands during lactation. During the peripartum period, energy requirements increase by 60%, and amino acid needs increase by 150%. As litter size has increased, research on peripartum sows has
M. Tokach +3 more
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