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Weaning is one of the most stressful periods in the life of a pig, resulting in lower feed intake, poorer growth, and higher morbidity and mortality, particularly during the first weeks after weaning or until the immune system has become more fully developed. Weaning is a stress, independent of weaning age, caused by the abrupt separation from the sow and by other stressors related to changes in the physical and social environment, mingling with pigs from different litters, dietary...
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A question to those who deal with pigs, do you think what really influences the weight of piglets at birth?
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Abbreviations ALC: Acetyl-L-Carnitine; AREs: Antioxidant Response Elements; BSA: Bovine Serum Albumin; b.w.: Body Weight; CoQ: Coenzyme Q; eNOS: Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase; FFA: Free Fatty Acids; γGCS: γ-Glutamate Cysteine Ligase; GRα: Glucocorticoid Receptor-α; GR: Glutathione Reductase; GSH: Glutathione; GSHPx: Glutathione Peroxidase; GST: Glutathione Transferase; HO: Heme Oxygenase; HSP:...
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Introduction Weaning removes young pigs from the passive immune protection they receive from the milk of the sow and increases their susceptibility to enterotoxigenic E. coli infection [1]. Earlyweaned pigs often exhibit an underdeveloped immune system, digestive disorders and post-weaning diarrhea [2]. Enterotoxigenic E. coli not only colonize the small intestine, but can also...
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Weaning pigs from the sow is one of the most stressful events in the pig’s life that can contribute to intestinal and immune system dysfunctions that result in reduced pig health, growth, and feed intake, particularly during the first week after weaning. Technological improvements in housing, nutrition, health, and management have been used to...
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Background Weaning is a stressful period for piglets due to environmental, social and nutritional changes. During this period, pigs are also vulnerable because of their immature immune and digestive systems [1]. The stress may result in depressed feed intake which may lead to poor performance and changes in the intestinal structure and microbiota, thus increasing the...
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How would you feel if one day – seemingly out of the blue – someone took away your favorite beverage and replaced it with something they said was good for you? Would you scream frustration? Would you refuse to do anything? Would you sulk? If you said, “yes”, you agree with most weaning piglets: Change can be hard. The weaning period can be challenging for pigs and swine producers alike. The transition from sow’s milk to dry feed...
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Introduction: Potassium diformate, a double-salt of formic acid, has been shown in numerous trials to improve health and performance in piglets, growing-finishing pigs and sows. Thus, potassium diformate (KDF) has been approved in the European Union as the first non-antibiotic growth promoter for use in swine. The effect of KDF is often described as strong antimicrobial and digestibility enhancing. However, data on its use in sows under tropical conditions...
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Weaning is a critical period in a pig’s life; the pig must cope with separation from the sow, the transition from highly digestible milk to a less digestible and more complex solid feed, a new environment, movement and separation from littermates, and exposure to unfamiliar pigs. During the first week pigs have a reduced growth rate, which is related in part to low and variable water and feed intake. 1,2,5 Additionally, the newly weaned...
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INTRODUCTION Streptococcal infections are one of the leading causes of economic and production losses in pig farming (1, 4). These infections are caused by the Streptococcus suis bacterium, whose natural habitat is swine (mainly in the upper respiratory, digestive and genital tracts), where it represents the most important primary pathogen (1, 2). Exist 35...
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Spray-dried porcine plasma (SDPP) is considered a valuable protein source in piglet feeds. Recent studies show the positive effects of plasma on technical piglet performance are more pronounced when animals are exposed to sub-clinical microbial infections. ...
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The total number of born piglets increases with parities, but the higher prolificacy results in lower individual average birth weights and more heterogeneous litters. Variations in piglets’ birthweights are related to their number of muscular fibers resulting in variable performances after birth (Rehfeldt and Kuhn 2006). The skeletal muscle...
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David Saornil speaks about the importance of sows feed intake during lactation and factors influencing it, and the influence of litters in sows lactation and piglets mortality. He also speaks about the genetic evolution on sows and piglets too....
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“Disease, Sex And Genetics And Their Effect On Pre-Weaned Piglet Survival”
By: Paul Walker Thompson
June 25, 2014
Disease
Because the neonatal piglet is immunologically immature at birth, it is dependent on its dam’s colostrum for passive immunity in the form of antibodies, especially Immunoglobulin-G (IgG).
Maximum absorption of colostral antibodies occurs within the first 12 hours of life, and completely stops at about 48 hours of life. Failure to get the required...
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Danisco Animal Nutrition, a business subsidiary of DuPont Industrial Biociences, will unveil new research at the 2015 China Feed Expo showing the benefits of using its essential oil product, Enviva ® EO, in swine. The research carried out in conjunction with the China Agricultural University, shows that that Enviva ®EO - a product containing carefully balanced, high...
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Potassium diformate has been shown in numerous trials to improve health and performance in piglets, growing-finishing pigs and sows. It is furthermore the only zootechnical additive with EU-approval for use throughout the whole pig production chain. The effects of potassium diformate (KDF) are often described as strong antimicrobial and digestibility enhancing. Most of the data available on the use of KDF in sows are from trials performed at universities and...
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Introduction Weaning is arguably the most stressful period in the pig’s life. At weaning the pig is removed from the sow where it has had access to ~20 small feeds of sow’s milk each day. It is removed to unfamiliar surroundings and mixed with strange pigs in pens where the only available food is predominantly vegetable in origin and generally fed in dry form. It is hardly surprising that with such social and...
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In India, there is very little information about professional management of a pig farm. Within this macro deficiency, there is acute absence of information on feed and disease management. Seeing the growth rate of piglets worldwide and comparing them to my recently started farm operations, i feel that i am not doing just enough. I need some help in factoring feed management for weaners, growers and finishers. My piglets are all growing and glowing till they are...
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How do you personally save more baby piglets? I think that some of us have some tricks that we can share to help our fellow Hog Producers, Service Representatives, and Veterinarians to aid those in the Farrowing Barns to save, and wean, more baby piglets. I personally came across a great article by Larry Coleman DVM titled “Piglet Comfort Zone Is Crucial To Piglet Survival”. In it I found six concepts that were new to me that were about helping to...
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