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Page 14 of articles about gestation

PRRS Eradication: A dream or missed opportunity?

Since 1987, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRS) has become a global drain on pig productivity, profitability, and many a producers’ morale. One thing that remains certain is PRRS virus continually finds ways to circumvent our best bio-management efforts. PRRS marches on in a ceaseless continuum of antigenic change making current vaccines and other control techniques of limited value.

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ManagementArticle

Management of the breeding chart (I)

A breeding chart would be like a type of computer without wires, screen or keyboard.

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NutritionArticle

Feed palatability and voluntary feed intake in pigs

Piglets face a very stressful process at weaning and feed intake becomes one of the most limiting issues.

NutritionAbstract

The effect of management strategies and parity on the behaviour and physiology of gestating sows housed in an electronic sow feeding system

Multiparous sows enter easily to the electronic feeders than primiparous without effects on feeder aggressions

Getting gilt integration right

With good returns on finished pigs, attractive cull sow prices and a contracting EU pig herd, many producers are building up their breeding herds again, some of which have been run at below optimum capacity for a long time.

NutritionAbstract

Increased sow nutrition during midgestation affects muscle fiber development and meat quality, with no consequences on growth performance

Feeding pregnant sows amounts above the requirement during the period of secondary muscle fiber formation affected muscle fiber characteristics

NutritionAbstract

Extra feed or lipid supplies 10 days prior to parturition and their consequences on farrowing and lactation performances

Extra lipid supplies before farrowing may improve piglet survival

NutritionAbstract

Response of piglets weaned from sows fed diets supplemented with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) to an Escherichia coli K88+ oral challenge

The use of sow dietary CLA supplementation through late gestation and lactation may improve piglet immunity and health status after weaning

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Seasonal Infertility in Swine

In natural conditions, there are seasonal fluctuations of availability of food and the earliness or delay in the onset of breeding is related to food levels.

Thompson’s tip: Get cover for reduced fertility

Last year many herds suffered from reduced fertility in both summer and autumn. On many units this is a predictable effect says Paul Thompson, veterinary consultant to pig- breeding company, ACMC Ltd.

Sow Farrowing

A typical piglet birth.

NutritionAbstract

Feed intake in the multiparous lactating sow: Its relationship with reactivity during gestation and tryptophan status

High feed intake and low plasmatic Tryptophan levels during the lactation may be directly associated to sow reactivity

NutritionAbstract

Effect of type and timing of oil supplements to sows during pregnancy on the growth performance and endocrine profile of low and normal birth weight offspring

The MUFA dietary supplementation during the first half of gestation may reduce the incidence of low birth weight

NutritionAbstract

Dietary fiber for pregnant sows: Influence on sow physiology and performance during lactation

Higher feed intake during lactation let to improve sow and litter performance

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NutritionAbstract

The addition of ground wheat straw as fibre source in the gestation diet of sows and the effect on sow and litter performance

The dietary inclusion of wheat straw during the gestation phase improves sow and litter productivity.

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NutritionArticle

Use of plant extracts in swine

The swine production industry has a growing interest in the use of essential oils. Essential oils are products of complex origin. They have antimicrobial and antioxidant effects, they stimulate appetite and intestinal secretions and they are even immunostimulants.