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Segregated Early Weaning and Welfare of Piglets

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 1999
Segregated early weaning (SEW), introduced with the objectives of eradicating or controlling diseases and improving performance, is becoming increasingly popular among producers. The main features of SEW are weaning piglets early and moving the newly weaned piglets to a site isolated from the sows and other animals. In this article, we describe the key
S, Robert, D M, Weary, H, Gonyou
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Dietary supplementation with Bacillus subtilis and xylo-oligosaccharides improves growth performance and intestinal morphology and alters intestinal microbiota and metabolites in weaned piglets.

Food & Function, 2021
The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with Bacillus subtilis (BS) and xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) on growth performance, intestinal morphology, intestinal microbial community, and metabolites of weaned ...
Hao Ding, Xi-Chen Zhao, M. Azad, Cui Ma, Qian-Kun Gao, Jianhua He, X. Kong   +6 more
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Optimising the health of weaned piglets

2022
The weaning period is a very stressful event for the piglet that can impact the health, welfare and performance. This period of transition is characterized by the adaptation of newly weaned piglets to their new environment, diet, changing in their immunological status and pathogens circulation that can impact their following performance.
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Feeding piglets at early weaning

Животноводство России, 2023
Грамотная кормовая стратегия в послеотъемный период обеспечивает плавный перевод поросят на новые корма, улучшение переваримости питательных веществ, повышение иммунитета и сохранности молодняка, а также поддержание живой массы свиноматок.
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Probiotics Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG ATCC53103 and Lactobacillus plantarum JL01 induce cytokine alterations by the production of TCDA, DHA, and succinic and palmitic acids, and enhance immunity of weaned piglets.

Research in Veterinary Science, 2021
Probiotics, including Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG ATCC53103 and Lactobacillus plantarum JL01, can improve growth performance and immunity of piglets, and relieve weaning stress-related immune disorders such as intestinal infections and inflammation.
T. Geng, F. He, S. Su, K. Sun, Lei Zhao, Yuan Zhao, N. Bao, L. Pan, Hui Sun   +8 more
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Effect of leaving piglets in the farrowing rooms post-weaning and mixing pre-weaning on piglet performance

Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, 2002
The stress caused by weaning piglets is known to have a serious detrimental effect causing a growth check, increased aggression leading to skin lesions and reducing future performance potential. Previous work (Allen et al., 2000) has shown that mixing piglets pre-weaning can improve post-weaning performance and reduce skin lesions caused by fighting ...
M. J. Allen, A. H. Stewart, A. M. Mackenzie   +2 more
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Minimising disruption of piglets at weaning

Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972), 1987
Pigs at weaning are usually regrouped to form batches of individuals similar in weight, and consequently of a similar potential for growth. This has the effect of disrupting the social organisation present amongst pigs sucking a sow. Re-establishing social order involves fighting and stress, both antagonistic to a high level of performance.
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Early-Weaning and Immunity in Piglets

Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972), 1988
Neonatal and post-weaning losses represent significant economic loss to the pig industry and in terms of animal welfare the loss of one in ten piglets within the first four weeks of life seems unacceptable. Many losses occur within hours of birth due to a variety of causes, such as overlying, chilling, starvation and disease.
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Insoluble nonstarch polysaccharides in diets for weaned piglets

Journal of Animal Science, 2012
To examine the effect of inclusion insoluble nonstarch polysaccharides (iNSP) in weaned diets on postweaning piglet performance, intestinal activity, and microbial composition 2 experiments were designed. In Exp. 1, 180 piglets were weaned at 28 d of age and divided over 3 treatments: positive control (PC; highly digestible protein), negative control ...
R, Gerritsen, P, van der Aar, F, Molist
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Transport of early weaned piglets

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2008
Abstract Millions of segregated early weaned (SEW) piglets are transported each year. Problems affecting even a small percentage of these piglets may have a significant welfare impact. The Recommended Codes of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals [CARC, 2001.
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