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Results suggest that drying piglets at birth is an effective method to reduce rectal temperature decline in the early postnatal period, especially for low birth weight piglets.

Early intermittent neonatal maternal separation created stress and affected the growth performance of piglets during suckling. However, the growth rate was improved by compensatory measures during late weaning.

The jute material and piglet nests positively impacted sow welfare and piglet measures but did not translate into improved piglet survival.

Results show the importance of differentiating between low viable and viable crushed piglets for the interpretation of risk factors for crushing losses.

The live-born piglets of sows that were more active the day before farrowing, standing and in other activity than drinking and eating, had higher survival rates.

Lift crate sows evidenced an increase in hair cortisol values along with the benefit of the higher survival rate of piglets before weaning.

Floor feeding large pellet creep feed starting 4 days preweaning improved nursery pig growth performance and fallout rates.

These results indicate that microbiota in feces, colostrum, and vaginal secretions of sows more easily colonized piglet intestines through a symbiotic effect.

For short-term fixation of five days around farrowing on commercial farms, the farrowing crate should be opened in the evening.

These results suggest no benefit in piglet performance from increasing the width of farrowing pens.

Early feeding may be a suitable strategy to modulate intestinal development in young piglets.

The physiological processes and how they change dynamically as the sow approaches farrowing greatly affect sow productivity.

Thermography coupled with Artificial Intelligence systems can help identify and orient the diagnosis of symptomatic animals to prompt adequate reaction at the earliest time.

Results indicate that the early postnatal stress associated with cross-fostering affects cross-fostered piglets in a sex-specific manner.

Findings confirm the efficacy of the novel vaginal drug delivery system for induction of farrowing in sows.

These results suggest electric-heated mats and heat lamps were comparable in maintaining the performance and postural behaviors of piglets.