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U.S. pork industry moving toward open sow housing as an alternative to gestation crates

In recent years, a growing number of major U.S. companies that demand and supply pork products have adopted strategies that explicitly move away from direct or indirect use of gestation crates in pork production.

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Effects of folic acid on the performance of suckling piglets and sows during lactation

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

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Long weaning to service interval with an elevated birth rate

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Anoestrus upon weaning

Short weaning to service interval isn’t always a synonym for good management, since we have to take into consideration not only average number of days, but also the effect on the percentage of distribution after returns.

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Effects of high dietary fibre from by-products diets on plasma metabolites in gestating sows

Replacing starch by dietary fibre changes plasma metabolites profile in gestating sows.

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Sow making a nest

Sow making a nest outdoors.

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Thompson's tip: Sow parity impacts profits

With cull sow prices currently good, now is an ideal time for pig producers to review the sow parity distribution in their herds, says Paul Thompson, veterinary consultant to pig-breeding company, ACMC.

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Commission steps up pressure on Member States to implement ban on individual sow stalls

The Commission has stepped up calls on Member States to ensure that the ban on individual sow stalls is fully applied from 1 January 2013.

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Effects of nutrient supply, plasma metabolites, and nutritional status of sows during transition on performance in the next lactation

Piglet survival and piglet body weight gain may be improved by altering the sow’s nutrient supply during the period from late gestation to lactation.

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Metabolic effects of dietary sugar beet pulp or wheat bran in growing female pigs

Wheat bran increases the capacity of the intestine for oxidative metabolism and sugar beet pulp induces a repartitioning of body lipid stores.

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Market impact of EU regulations on group housing of sows

The aim of this report is to improve understanding by setting out the latest progress towards implementation and enforcement of the regulations and by developing scenarios for the market situation both before and after implementation.

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Oleate metabolism in pig enterocytes

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

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Australia: pork industry ahead on stall free move

The Australian pork industry’s voluntary move away from the use of sow stalls by 2017, is making substantial progress, with around one in three sows now spending their pregnant lives sow stall free.

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