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Some sows on green pasture. One is nuzzling at the soil. There is a Saddleback boar in the background.

Proportion of the litter farrowed, litter size, and progesterone and estradiol effects on piglet birth intervals and stillbirths

Stillbirth in swine ranges from 2 to 9%, resulting in a significant loss of piglets. Previous studies clearly indicate a relationship between prolonged birth intervals and stillbirth, but factors influencing birth intervals are not fully known. To characterize birth intervals and stillbirth, farrowing was recorded during three farrowing seasons.

Effect of a dietary sulfur amino acid deficiency on the amino acid composition of body proteins in piglets

[Nutrimail]

Body amino acid composition is affected by dietary amino acid supplementation.

Finishing

[pig welfare]

Paolo Candotti

The new test in the welfare section is dedicated to conditions during finishing period.

Ulcers in swine livestock (2/2)

[Nutrition]

Gonzalo González Mateos

Nutrition is considered to be a clear factor that increases the risk of ulcers appearing.

Expoaviga Fórum 2010. Barcelona, Spain.

[reports]

Barcelona hosted the top trade fair for the Spanish livestock sector, this year with a new format that will put an emphasis on the technical programme and congresses, and a new name: Expoaviga Forum.

Thawing boar semen in the presence of seminal plasma: Effects on sperm quality and fertility

[swine abstracts]

The present studies confirm an adverse effect of inseminating FT sperm on sperm quality and sow fertility but suggest that thawing FT sperm in 50% SP may partially alleviate these adverse effects.