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Effect of method of drying piglets at birth on rectal temperature over the first 24 h after birth

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.

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Animal depopulation resiliency check-in tool training video available from AASV

The tool is a 5-question public health protocol for stakeholders who are preparing for, participating in, and recovering from animal depopulation.

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Genetics-ReproductionAbstract

Vaginal and vestibular electrical resistance as an alternative marker for optimum timing of artificial insemination

Change in electrical resistance in the vagina has the potential to accurately predict ovulation timing, but more work is required.

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333 participates in the European project WelFarmers

333 has been chosen to manage communications throughout the project and as a home for all the dissemination materials generated.

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Figure 1. Piglet a few days old on the day of tail docking (left) and three days later (right).

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Is it practically possible to phase out tail docking in piglets?

Professor Pejsak’s view on tail docking: Is it ethically justified and practically possible to phase out this practice in piglets?

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First meeting of the WelFarmers project in Montijo, Portugal.

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WelFarmers: European project to award best practice in pig welfare

The EU-funded project ‘WelFarmers’, involving 17 partners from 8 European countries, will award farms with best practices in animal welfare and disseminate the results.

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Genetics-ReproductionArticle

Tip: Book to record weekly matings

In this logbook, each page corresponds to a week of the year in which all the matings during the week are recorded.

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WelFarmers: The best practices in welfare for pigs

Pig farmers, research centers and higher education institutions will be working together in the EU-funded project ‘WelFarmers’ where more than 50% of the pig production in Europe is represented in the consortium formed by eight European countries.

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Cross fostering and nurse sows (II): How to do the movements?

We focus on moving surplus piglets, which forces us to use nurse sows. We explain two ways to do this in a very visual video.

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Weighted pain-related behaviors in pigs undergoing castration based on multilevel logistic regression algorithm

Results indicate that the pain-related behaviors in pigs from the UPAPS have different statistical weights.

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NutritionArticle

Five keys for achieving safe compound feed

In the previous article, we learned about the concept of feed safety, its impact on swine production, and the responsibility of the compound feed industry in the food chain. Now we will focus on how to practically apply this concept in the compound feed production process.

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Farm personnel's resistance to euthanizing pigs

A deep introspection from the perspective of our staff.

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Effects of early intermittent maternal separation on behavior, physiological, and growth performance in 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.

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