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Animal, 2015 Outdoor farrowing huts facilitate a less restricted maternal behaviour in sows compared with sows kept indoors in farrowing pens. The aim of our study was to investigate whether there are behavioural differences between primiparous sows kept outdoors in ...
M. Wülbers-Mindermann +4 more
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Weaned Sows with Small Ovarian Follicles Respond Poorly to the GnRH Agonist Buserelin
Animals, 2020 The GnRH agonist buserelin (GnRH), used to synchronize ovulation in weaned sows, attains only 70–80% effectivity, owing to several reasons of ovarian origin.
Tania P. Lopes +4 more
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Factors associated with the productive longevity of sows in commercial breeding herds [PDF]
Archives Animal BreedingMaximizing sows' productive longevity (PL) represents a significant challenge faced by the swine industry, as the growing increase in the removal rate of sows, mainly young sows, directly impacts the system's economy.
G. Ordaz +4 more
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Journal of Animal Science and Technology, 2019 This study was conducted to evaluate effects of dietary multi-carbohydrases (MCS) in a lactating sow diet on productive performance and immune responses of sows and their piglets.
Jeong Jae Lee +13 more
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BMC Veterinary Research, 2018 Background Postpartum dysgalactia syndrome (PDS) in sows is difficult to diagnose and the pathogenesis is obscure. Hormonal changes related to the disease are often difficult to distinguish from those found in the normal transition period from gestation ...
Marianne Kaiser +8 more
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Intrauterine growth retarded progeny of pregnant sows fed high protein:low carbohydrate diet is related to metabolic energy deficit. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 High and low protein diets fed to pregnant adolescent sows led to intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). To explore underlying mechanisms, sow plasma metabolite and hormone concentrations were analyzed during different pregnancy stages and correlated ...
Cornelia C Metges +13 more
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Animals, 2020 Confinement of gestating sows is becoming banished in favor of group-housing in countries worldwide, forcing breeding companies to develop genetic lines adapted for social living.
Sophie Brajon +3 more
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Effects of confinement on physiological and psychological responses and expression of interleukin 6 and brain derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in primiparous and multiparous weaning sows [PDF]
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2017 Objective The present study aimed to investigate whether the long-lasting, recurrent restricting of sows leads to the physiological and psychological reaction of discomfort.
Mingyue Zhang +5 more
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Animal, 2014 To compare the behaviour of sows and the physiological indices of their offspring in stall and group-housing systems, 28 sows were randomly distributed into two systems with 16 sows in stalls, and the other 12 sows were divided into three groups with ...
Q. Zhou +7 more
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Sow and piglet behaviour during lactation: A review focusing on selected behaviour manifested by foster sows and their fostered piglets [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesFoster (F) sows are used to nurse piglets from other sows. Nurse (N) sows are used to nurse other piglets after weaning their own piglets during lactation. Sows nursing non-biological piglets can reject or attack unfamiliar piglets.
Osotsi Joab Malanda +6 more
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