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Effect of Lactation Environment on Behaviour of Suckling Piglets

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2015
To investigate the effect of the pen on the welfare of suckling piglets by comparing the behaviours of piglets in either crates or straw enriched pens, sixteen litter piglets in crates or straw enriched pens were used in the present experiment.
G.A. Yin, X. Li, H.T. Li, D.S. Quan, D.P. Huang   +4 more
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Supplementation of xylo-oligosaccharides to suckling piglets promotes the growth of fiber-degrading gut bacterial populations during the lactation and nursery periods

Scientific Reports, 2022
Modulating early-life microbial colonization through xylo-oligosacharides (XOS) supplementation represents an opportunity to accelerate the establishment of fiber-degrading microbial populations and improve intestinal health.
F. González-Solé, D. Solà-Oriol, Y. Ramayo-Caldas, M. Rodríguez-Prado, G. González-Ortiz, M. Bedford, J. Pérez   +6 more
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Increasing weaning age of piglets from 4 to 7 weeks reduces stress, increases post-weaning feed intake but does not improve intestinal functionality [PDF]

, 2010
This study tested the hypothesis that late weaning and the availability of creep feed during the suckling period compared with early weaning, improves feed intake, decreases stress and improves the integrity of the intestinal tract.
Hoogendoorn, A., Dekker, R.A., Meulen, J., van der, Koopmans, S.J.   +3 more
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Maternal resveratrol regulates the growth performance, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal health of suckling piglets through intestinal microorganisms at high summer temperatures

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Background Resveratrol has numerous beneficial properties, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory properties. High summer temperatures in Southern China affect the reproductive performance of sows.
Yi Zhao, Yu-Jian Huang, K. Gao, Xiao-Lu Wen, Shenglan Hu, Li Wang, Zong-Yong Jiang, Hao Xiao   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploring the association between microbiota and behaviour in suckling piglets

Scientific Reports, 2022
It is increasingly recognised that the microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tract can influence brain physiology and behaviour, via the microbiota–gut–brain axis.
R. Choudhury, A. Middelkoop, J. Bolhuis, M. Kleerebezem   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A cross sectional study of prevalence, risk factors, population attributable fractions and pathology for foot and limb lesions in preweaning piglets on commercial farms in England [PDF]

, 2009
Background: In a cross sectional study of 88 indoor and outdoor English pig farms, the prevalence of foot and limb lesions in 2843 preweaning piglets aged 1–4 weeks from 304 litters was recorded.
Green, L, Ossent Pete, Ossent, Pete, Green, Laura E.; id_orcid, KilBride, A L, Gillman, C, Ossent, P, Green Laura E, Gillman, Claire E., Gillman Claire E, KilBride Amy L, Green, Laura E., Kilbride, A. L. (Amy L.), KilBride, Amy L., Ossent, P., Gillman, Claire E, KilBride, Amy L, Green, Laura E   +17 more
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Impact of the Suissano Health Programme on antimicrobial usage on 291 pig farms in Switzerland

Veterinary Record Open, 2020
Background In 2015, in Switzerland the Suissano Health Programme was implemented in pig production to improve transparency for antimicrobial usage (AMU) and to reduce the usage of fluoroquinolones (FQ), macrolides and cephalosporins, representing highest
Cedric Müntener, Thomas Echtermann, Xaver Sidler, Dolf Kümmerlen   +3 more
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Dietary supplementation with branched-chain amino acids enhances milk production by lactating sows and the growth of suckling piglets

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2022
Under current dietary regimens, milk production by lactating sows is insufficient to sustain the maximal growth of their piglets. As precursors of glutamate and glutamine as well as substrates and activators of protein synthesis, branched-chain amino ...
R. Rezaei, A. Gabriel, Guo-Yao Wu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Consequences for Piglet Performance of Group Housing Lactating Sows at One, Two, or Three Weeks Post-Farrowing.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Housing lactating sows with piglets in a multi-suckling pen from around 14 days post-farrowing is common practice in Swedish organic piglet production.
Ola Thomsson, Ylva Sjunnesson, Ulf Magnusson, Lena Eliasson-Selling, Anna Wallenbeck, Ann-Sofi Bergqvist   +5 more
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The Early Life Microbiota Is Not a Major Factor Underlying the Susceptibility to Postweaning Diarrhea in Piglets

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Postweaning diarrhea (PWD) in piglets impair welfare, induce economic losses and lead to overuse of antibiotics. The early life gut microbiota was proposed to contribute to the susceptibility to PWD.
Martin Beaumont, Corinne Lencina, Allan Bertide, Lise Gallo, Céline Barilly, Christelle Marrauld, Laurent Cauquil, Arnaud Samson, Sylvie Combes   +8 more
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