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Effects of cross-fostering on performance of piglets

Authors :
Joseane Crystina Costa Rego
Rodrigo de Almeida Teixeira
Laila Talarico Dias
Ederson Gomes Camargo
Source :
Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção Animal v.14 n.1 2013, Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção Animal, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), instacron:UFBA, Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção Animal, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 142-148, Published: MAR 2013
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2013.

Abstract

The high number of piglets born alive from hiperprolifics sows increases the variability of weight at birth and made many producers practice cross-fostering management, which consists in standardization of weight and number of piglets according to the sow ability. To evaluate the effect of cross-fostering on performance and mortality occurrence of piglets, historical data were studied from two producers of the Midwest region of Santa Catarina-Brazil. Were weighed 1440 piglets at birth, weaning and 37 days post weaning from 130 commercial sows of Agroceres PIC®. The adjusted weights at 21 and 58 days old and their respective gain were submitted to multiple regression analysis using the GLM procedure of SAS Statistical Software (2005), and occurrence of mortality was studied by GENMOD procedure. For performance traits were considered fixed effects the cross-fostering, contemporary group and covariables the birth weight or weaning, the number of piglets after equalization, number of weaned piglets, linear and quadratic effects of sow parity; the weight at birth were included as covariable for occurrence of mortality. Cross-fostered piglets weighed 207 grams less than biological piglets (P

Details

ISSN :
15199940
Volume :
14
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção Animal
Accession number :
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