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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"piglet survival"”.
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Effects of gestation length and supplemental dietary fat on colostrum and milk composition in swine
… dietary fat on gross milk composition, piglet performance and immunoglobulin concentrations. Induced sows receiving no additional dietary fat tended to have fewer piglets weaned per litter than naturally farrowing sows receiving the same dietary treatment, but a reduction was not …
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Evaluation of the effects of birth order and other influencing factors on pre-weaning piglet mortality under commercial conditions
… and to identify factors which could influence piglet survival to weaning. A study of 191 litters born over a two-month period was carried out in two commercial facilities; piglets were allotted to one of four treatments (1. first 25% born, 2. second 25% born, 3. third 25% born, 4. last 25% …
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Effects of Phase Feeding During Gestation on Gilt Performance, Offspring Quality and Robustness
… lactation feed intake were measured. To assess piglet quality and robustness, cord blood cortisol, liver and muscle glycogen at birth, immunocrit, serum IGF-1 concentrations, piglet birth weight distribution, weekly BW, and weaned pig feed intake and immune responses were measured. Data were …