The pre-farrowing feed intake pattern can improve litter performance at weaning
How does a sow's feed intake in the days prior to farrowing influence piglet birth and weaning weights?
How does a sow's feed intake in the days prior to farrowing influence piglet birth and weaning weights?
Deviations from the sow's normal consumption pattern during the lactation phase have important production implications.
Biological alterations in immune and intestinal systems occur immediately after weaning that affect subsequent pig growth and health.
The results reveal that the stress that the sows due to excessive interventions around the moment of the farrowing causes a clear increase in the pre-weaning mortality.
We saw aggressiveness in the sows, and we suspected that it could have been caused by the handling around the moment of the farrowing. We decided to register and analyze the data relative to the handling in order to confirm our suspicions.
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