Abstract in English, Spanish and FrenchObjective: To evaluate the benefits of induced farrowing with supervision on rates of stillbirths and preweaning mortality. Materials and methods: A total of 159 multiparous sows were assigned in approximately equal numbers to two groups. Group One sows (n = 75) were induced to farrow using two intravulvar injections of 5 mg prostaglandin F2α administered 6 hours apart on day 114 of gestation (Day 0). Farrowing was supervised, with assistance given as required. Group Two sows (n = 84) were allowed to farrow naturally, with supervision and neonatal care standard for the production facility. All live piglets were weighed at 3 days and 21 days of lactation. Results: Of the Group One sows, 56 farrowed dur...
The most critical period in the life cycle of a pig is from birth to weaning. On the average, about ...
The purpose of this demonstration was to evaluate combining crated farrowing with bedded group lact...
In the Netherlands, approximately 8% of piglets is stillborn and on average 12.2% is lost due to pre...
The preweaning mortality of 382 litters, comprising 3,841 pigs from different purebred and crossbred...
Stillbirth concerns about 2.5 million piglets each year in France and is expected to worsen in the c...
Abstract in English, Spanish and FrenchObjective: To determine the impact of stage of pregnancy at g...
Swine research, 2005 is known as Swine day, 2005A total of 239 sows (PIC C-22) were used in this exp...
Stillbirth concerns about 2.5 million piglets each year in France and is expected to worsen in the ...
The survival rates of pigs subjected to different farrowing management protocols were compared. 60 l...
The objectives of this study were to analyze the incidence of different categories of stillborn pigl...
International audienceWe studied effects of housing type around farrowing on the performance of Larg...
Second Place at The 2015 Denman Undergraduate Research ForumRaising healthy pigs is a key goal for a...
The current study evaluated interactions between farrowing duration and litter size on the level of ...
A total of 59 farrowings were studied in either a conventional, narrow farrowing crate (0.43 m wide)...
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of sow confinement and nonconfinement during par...
The most critical period in the life cycle of a pig is from birth to weaning. On the average, about ...
The purpose of this demonstration was to evaluate combining crated farrowing with bedded group lact...
In the Netherlands, approximately 8% of piglets is stillborn and on average 12.2% is lost due to pre...
The preweaning mortality of 382 litters, comprising 3,841 pigs from different purebred and crossbred...
Stillbirth concerns about 2.5 million piglets each year in France and is expected to worsen in the c...
Abstract in English, Spanish and FrenchObjective: To determine the impact of stage of pregnancy at g...
Swine research, 2005 is known as Swine day, 2005A total of 239 sows (PIC C-22) were used in this exp...
Stillbirth concerns about 2.5 million piglets each year in France and is expected to worsen in the ...
The survival rates of pigs subjected to different farrowing management protocols were compared. 60 l...
The objectives of this study were to analyze the incidence of different categories of stillborn pigl...
International audienceWe studied effects of housing type around farrowing on the performance of Larg...
Second Place at The 2015 Denman Undergraduate Research ForumRaising healthy pigs is a key goal for a...
The current study evaluated interactions between farrowing duration and litter size on the level of ...
A total of 59 farrowings were studied in either a conventional, narrow farrowing crate (0.43 m wide)...
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of sow confinement and nonconfinement during par...
The most critical period in the life cycle of a pig is from birth to weaning. On the average, about ...
The purpose of this demonstration was to evaluate combining crated farrowing with bedded group lact...
In the Netherlands, approximately 8% of piglets is stillborn and on average 12.2% is lost due to pre...