ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Importance of Breed, Parity and Sow Colostrum Components on Litter Performance and Health.
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- A systematic review of the efficacy of complementary colostrum, milk, and oral nutritional and dietary solutions on the health, growth, and gut health of suckling piglets.Journal of animal science · 2026Pooled it
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- Multi-omics profiling of sow colostrum and faecal microbiota reveals parity-dependent and independent factors associated with piglet survival and growth.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Modulation of the nutritional, metabolomic and microRNA profile of colostrum and piglet performance via a high-energy, high-lysine transition diet in sows.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Serum IgA and bactericidal immunity against Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is increasing between 2 and 6 weeks of age in a farm with autogenous bacterin vaccination pre-farrowing, while specific maternal IgG is decreasing.Porcine health management · 2026Article
- The colostrum chronicles: identifying porcine milk oligosaccharides in colostrum and investigating their role in litter performance.Journal of animal science · 2026Article
- The Influence of Genotype and Seasonality on the Sow Colostrum Quality and Immunoglobulin G Content.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Impact of Maternal Parity and Direct-Fed Microbial Supplementation on Reproductive Performance, Digestibility, and Milk Quality from Early Gestation to Lactation in Sows.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- First lactation performance of sows in Maternity Ring housing is comparable to that in farrowing crates.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Maternal immunity and African swine fever virus: understanding the limits of passive protection.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- High canola meal inclusion in gestation and lactation sow diets withTranslational animal science · 2025Article
- The impact of herd age structure on the performance of commercial sow-breeding farms.Porcine health management · 2024Article
- Productive and metabolomic consequences of arginine supplementation in sows during different gestation periods in two different seasons.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Effects of second litter syndrome on reproductive performance in sows.Veterinary world · 2024Article
- Effects of DietaryAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Dose-response of inactivated yeast in diets of late gestating and lactating gilts on immunoglobulin transfer and offspring preweaning growth performance.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Preweaning piglet survival on commercial farms.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Analysis of Early Growth of Piglets from Hyperprolific Sows Using Random Regression Coefficient.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Dynamics of fatty acid and non-volatile polar metabolite profiles in colostrum and milk depending on the lactation stage and parity number of sows.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Statistical and machine learning approaches to describe factors affecting preweaning mortality of piglets.Translational animal science · 2023Article
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Abstract
The aims of this study were to investigate the effect of breed and parity on colostrum components, and to associate sow breed, parity, and colostrum components with survival, growth, and the occurrence of diarrhoea of their litters. In Experiment 1, 64 sows (Duroc = 13; Landrace = 17 and Large White = 34) were included. In Experiment 2, 71 sows with different parities (1 = 10; 2 = 16; 3 = 13; 4 = 12; ≥5 = 20) were included. The number (N) of live piglets, litter body weight (Experiment 1), and the occurrence of diarrhoea (Experiment 1) were recorded at farrowing, at 2−3 days of age, and at weaning. Colostrum was analysed for proximate composition, immunoglobulins (Igs), and somatic cell count (SCC). Stepwise regressions and ANOVA models were used to associate breed, parity, and colostrum components with litter performance. The Duroc breed had the highest IgG and IgA (p < 0.005). Gilts had a higher fat% and SCC (p< 0.0001); these compounds were positively correlated (r = 0.45). Increased IgA tended to increase the N of weaned piglets (p = 0.058) and reduce litter diarrhoea (p = 0.021). The SCC increased the N of weaned piglets (p = 0.031). Overall, this study confirmed that breed and parity can influence the colostrum composition and highlighted the key role of Igs and somatic cells in piglet health.
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