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United States: pork producers reaffirm industry support for producer choice on sow housing

At the National Pork Industry Forum, pork producers approved a resolution reaffirming the industry's position that producers should be able to select a sow housing system.

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Animal-related factors associated with piglet mortality in a bedded, group-farrowing system

Farrowing behavior, cross-fostering, birth weight and gender of piglets were investigated.

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Distribution of the severity of the cartilage lesions (scale from 0 to 3) in animals pertaining to the control group or in animals that consume a diet with Cu/Mn bound to amino acids.

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Impact of feeding on the incidence of lameness in the sows and their longevity

The sow must be able to store enough calcium during the pregnancy to face the possible mobilizations during the lactation.

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Effect of distributing primary and secondary antioxidants to the sow during the weaning‐estrus interval

The supply of the antioxidants to the sow during the weaning‐estrus interval significantly reduced both the percentage of immature piglets per litter and the within‐litter variation of birth weights.

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United Kingdom: wean more pigs to be more profitable

The aim is to help every producer move towards an extra three pigs per sow per year weaned.

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Lysine to metabolizable energy ratio affects growth performance, blood metabolites and hormones of lactating sows

Providing 3.05 g/Mcal ratio of SID Lys:ME in lactating sows, litter weight gain could be maximized.

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Commission increases pressure on Member States to enforce group housing of sows

European Commission called on Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Portugal to take action to address deficiencies in the implementation of EU legislation concerning the welfare of animals.

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New section: Replacement rate simulator

We have developed a new simulator that will help us to calculate the number of gilts to be entered in a farm when its activity starts, when increasing its sow census or when calculating the replacement rate of an already working farm.

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Effect of meal frequency on performance and behaviour of group‐housed gestating sows

Sows had received their daily ration in one or two meals. Reproductive performance during gestation and the following lactation was measured.

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Effects of an increased feeding level during second gestation in sows

Increasing the feeding level during gestation improves weight gain of the sow and diminishes blood’s NEFA concentration, but does not affect the embryo or the placenta.

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First we mark all the sows that we wish to examine

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Marking the place where the Renco device must be placed

The goal is to increase the agility of the reading process of the body condition of the sows using the Renco device.

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European Union: sow stall update

According to the updated data, only 10 Member States are now fully compliant with the implementation of the group housing rules.

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Dietary fat supplementation on sow and litter performance in high ambient temperatures

The inclusion of a mixture of animal-vegetable blend fat and choice white grease may improve sow and litter performance in summer conditions.

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Three colours during the gestation. The more visual the easier

The goal is to make the management during the gestation easier using a different colour spray colour each week to mark the tasks carried out with the sows.

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