A Review of Success Factors for Piglet Fostering in Lactation

What is good for small piglets might not be good for big piglets: The consequences of cross-fostering and creep feed provision on performance to slaughter1,2

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Comparable cortisol, heart rate and milk let-down in nurse sows and non-nurse sows

(2017) C. Amdi et al.   Livestock Science

Nurse sows display altered reproduction in the next gestation

(2017) J. G. Alexopoulos et al.   Animal Production Science

Heritability of udder morphology and colostrum quality traits in swine1

(2016) A. Balzani et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Udder characteristics of importance for teat use in purebred and crossbred pigs1

(2016) M. Ocepek et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Intestinal immune cell quantification and gram type classification of the adherent microbiota in conventionally and artificially reared, normal and low birth weight piglets

(2016) Sara Prims et al.   Livestock Science

Non-infectious causes of pre-weaning mortality in piglets

(2016) R. Muns et al.   Livestock Science

Reproductive performance of “nurse sows” in Danish piggeries

(2016) T.S. Bruun et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Relationship of sow udder morphology with piglet suckling behavior and teat access

(2016) Agnese Balzani et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Hritabilities and genetic and phenotypic correlations of litter uniformity and litter size in Large White sows

(2016) Tian ZHANG et al.   Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Do nurse sows and foster litters have impaired animal welfare? Results from a cross-sectional study in sow herds

(2015) J. T. Sørensen et al.   Animal

Comparison of the behaviour of piglets raised in an artificial rearing system or reared by the sow

(2015) Magdalena Rzezniczek et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Relationships between day one piglet serum immunoglobulin immunocrit and subsequent growth, puberty attainment, litter size, and lactation performance1

(2015) J. L. Vallet et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Neonatal piglet survival: impact of sow nutrition around parturition on fetal glycogen deposition and production and composition of colostrum and transient milk

(2014) P. K. Theil et al.   Animal

Group suckling cohesion as a prelude to the formation of teat order in piglets

(2014) Janko Skok et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Behaviour and growth performance of low-birth-weight piglets cross-fostered in multiparous sows with piglets of higher birth weights

(2014) L.P. Souza et al.   ARQUIVO BRASILEIRO DE MEDICINA VETERINARIA E ZOOTECNIA

Effect of cross-fostering and oral supplementation with colostrums on performance of newborn piglets

(2014) R. Muns et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Colostrum yield and piglet growth during lactation are related to gilt metabolic and hepatic status prepartum1

(2014) F. Loisel et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Effect of birth weight and colostrum intake on mortality and performance of piglets after cross-fostering in sows of different parities

(2014) C.V. Ferrari et al.   PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

Prevalence of lameness and claw lesions during different stages in the reproductive cycle of sows and the impact on reproduction results

(2013) L. M. Pluym et al.   Animal

The welfare implications of large litter size in the domestic pig II: management factors

(2013) EM Baxter et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

INVITED REVIEW: Piglet mortality: Management solutions1

(2013) R. D. Kirkden et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Genetic analysis of functional and non-functional teats in a population of Yorkshire pigs

(2013) Helena Chalkias et al.   Livestock Science

Animal-related factors associated with piglet mortality in a bedded, group-farrowing system

(2012) Y. Z. Li et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Milk production in sows from a teat in second parity is influenced by whether it was suckled in first parity1

(2012) C. Farmer et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

LACTATION BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM: Lactocrine signaling and developmental programming1,2

(2012) F. F. Bartol et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Influence of pig weight classification at cross-fostering on the performance of the primiparous sow and the adopted litter

(2012) T. Bierhals et al.   Livestock Science

A note on teat accessibility and sow parity — consequences for newborn piglets

(2012) Guro Vasdal et al.   Livestock Science

Effects of cross-fostering within 24h after birth on pre-weaning behaviour, growth performance and survival rate of biological and adopted piglets

(2012) G. Heim et al.   Livestock Science

Colostrum intake: Influence on piglet performance and factors of variation

(2012) Hélène Quesnel et al.   Livestock Science

The Weaker Sex? The Propensity for Male-Biased Piglet Mortality

(2012) Emma M. Baxter et al.   PLoS One

Effect of farrowing duration, parity number and the type of anti-inflammatory drug on postparturient disorders in sows: a clinical study

(2012) Padet Tummaruk et al.   TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION

Influence of birth order, birth weight, colostrum and serum immunoglobulin G on neonatal piglet survival

(2012) Rafael A Cabrera et al.   Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Influence of colostrum intake on piglet survival and immunity

(2011) N. Devillers et al.   Animal

Colostrum production by sows: variability of colostrum yield and immunoglobulin G concentrations

(2011) H. Quesnel   Animal

Colostrum Protein Isolate Increases Gut and Whole Body Growth and Plasma IGF-I in Neonatal Pigs

(2011) R. J. van Barneveld et al.   ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES

Maternal investment, sibling competition, and offspring survival with increasing litter size and parity in pigs (Sus scrofa)

(2011) Inger Lise Andersen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Effect of cross-fostering on transfer of maternal immunity to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae to piglets

(2011) M. Bandrick et al.   VETERINARY RECORD

Management routines at the time of farrowing—effects on teat success and postnatal piglet mortality from loose housed sows

(2010) Guro Vasdal et al.   Livestock Science

Effect of lameness on sow longevity

(2009) Sukumarannair S. Anil et al.   JAVMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Influence of some sow characteristics on within-litter variation of piglet birth weight

(2008) H. Quesnel et al.   Animal

Nutritional, hormonal, and environmental effects on colostrum in sows1

(2008) C. Farmer et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

QTL for the heritable inverted teat defect in pigs

(2008) Elisabeth Jonas et al.   MAMMALIAN GENOME