Page 2 of articles about milk in Abstracts

Current results confirmed that teats used in first lactation produce more milk in second lactation, and that piglets are able to detect this difference.

Sow dietary supplementation with aniseed extract during late gestation and lactation improves milk yield and litter performance.

Anterior teats appear to contain more IgA and IgG than the posterior ones in sows.

This benefit for the offspring highlights the potential of oral immunisation of sows against C. suis as a possible passive vaccination strategy for new born piglets against this important pathogen.

Supplementation of citric acid improves the absorption of dietary Ca, P and protein.

New neonatal strategies of micronutrient supplementation to piglets may be required nowadays.

The restriction movement showed a positive effect in the reduction in mortality.

Suckling during 12 to 14 h postpartum is insufficient to maintain lactation and the process of involution that occurs in early lactation is reversible within 1 day.

Those piglets supplemented with natural α-tocopherol in drinking water and born from sows supplemented with the same form of vitamin E (SS-SP) had the highest serum α-tocopherol concentration at five days post-weaning.

Maternal conditions during gestation and pre-birth environment may affect further growth rate in newborn pigs.

Corn and soybean meal may be partially replaced by DDGS in sow diets during late gestation and lactation without affecting sow and litter performance.

Glutamine supplementation in the diet of lactating gilts may avoid intramuscular glutamine decreases besides providing optimal nutrition for the development of the piglet.

The inclusion of osteopontin in milk formulas protects against necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm piglets.

Folic acid supplementation during gestation may improve milk production, milk quality and piglet performance.

The high esterification capacity for oleate in the newborn pig intestine preserves the major colostrum fatty acid for delivery to other tissues.

The supply of milk during the first six days after weaning did increase the energy intake and daily gain of piglets in the first week after weaning and from weaning to day 35 but it did not reduce the number of piglets with clinical signs of Streptococcus suis.