Cactus addition to lactating sows’ diet
Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) dietary supplementation may reduce post-farrowing blood glucose avoiding hypophagia in lactating sows.
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Feeding two different levels in sows during late gestation: effects on reproductive performance and piglet birth weight
Dietary levels of 1.8 and 2.2 kg/d in late gestation do not differ on reproductive and piglet performance.
High environmental temperature around farrowing induced heat stress in crated sows
High temperatures around farrowing (25°C) compromise crated sows' welfare, with a potential negative impact on offspring performance.
Assessing the performance of lactating sows fed with two different organic diets
Low-protein organic diets can achieve performance standards in lactating sows with small litters but not in large litter.
Do nurse sows and foster litters have impaired animal welfare?
In order to analyse whether nurse sows have more welfare problems than non-nurse sows a cross-sectional study was conducted in 57 sow herds in Denmark.
Effects of L-proline during early-pregnancy and the sow parity on the birth-weight of piglets
L-proline supplementation during early-pregnancy improves litter size and birth weight in sows with negative energy balance.
Spray-dried porcine plasma in lactation diets
Dietary spray-dried porcine plasma supplementation during lactation may improve litter performance in multiparous sows.
Genome-wide association study for sow lifetime productivity related traits in a Landrace purebred population
A genome-wide association study was performed to identify quantitative trait loci for SLP-related traits. A total of five genome-wide suggestive significant single nucleotide polymorphisms were identified.
Effects of betaine and heat stress on lactation and postweaning reproductive performance of sows
This study was conducted to evaluate the underlying physiological changes during heat stress and the effect of betaine supplementation in lactating sows.
Combination of oviduct fluid and heparin to improve monospermic zygotes production during porcine in vitro fertilization
The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of porcine oocytes exposure to oviduct fluid before in vitro fertilization, during in vitro fertilization and during in vitro fertilization in combination with heparin.
Increase of dietary lysine levels in lactation diets on sow and litter performance
Increasing SID lysine levels in lactation diets may reduce tissue mobilisation of the sow while litter weight gain during lactation is improved.
An economic analysis of sow retention in a United States breed-to-wean system
Retaining sows in the herd longer has economic benefits that could increase the financial returns of a breed-to-wean system.
Energy and lysine requirements of sows during transition and lactation
The SID Lys:ME ratio during lactation depends on a milk yield and the body weight of the sow.
Frequency and time of gestation feeding and their subsequent effects on farrowing performance
Effect of feeding time and frequency during gestation does not affect farrowing performance.
Different feeding levels during wean-to-estrus and first week of gestation of sows
High feeding level during the wean-to-oestrus may increase farrowing rate but also may increase stillborn rate and reduce piglet birth weight.
Pathological evaluation of claw lesions in culled sows from a Greek herd
Sow laminitis may frequently occur, causing production of low quality hoof horn.