ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2024
Use of Precision Feeding during Lactation Improves the Productive Yields of Sows and Their Piglets under Commercial Farm Conditions.
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- Big data and artificial intelligence in animal nutrition: a new era of precision feeding.Tropical animal health and production · 2026Review
- Effects of post-farrowing feed delivery schedule and sow parity on piglet performance and survivabilityTranslational animal science · 2026Article
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- Effects of Precision Feeding on Economic and Productive Yields of Hyperprolific Lactating Sows Allocated at Different Farrowing Pens.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Evolution of Sow Productivity and Evaluation Parameters: Spanish Farms as a Benchmark.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Adequate nutritional management in maternities is one of the most challenging aspects of swine production. This study reports the results of two studies aiming to determine, under commercial farm conditions, the effects of precision feeding (electronic sow feeders, ESFs) on the production and economic yields of lactating sows and possible nutritional and metabolic differences when compared to a control group fed with traditional feeders. The first trial showed that sows fed with ESFs weaned heavier piglets than sows fed with traditional feeders. Feed intake during the lactation period was similar in the sows of both groups; consequently, the amount of feed per kg of weaned piglet was lower in the sows fed with ESFs, which is a remarkable economic output. The second trial confirmed these findings and showed that, despite similar feed intakes, the sows fed with ESFs had lower bodyweight losses during the lactation period, but there were no major differences in milk composition or metabolic traits of sows and piglets.
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