In normally developing suckling pigs, although a piglet breathes from soon after birth, the lung’s tissue increases its size and function during the first 14 days of life. The oxygen transfer continually improves during this time.
Development of the piglet’s intestines:
Massive weight-increase during the first hours following colostrum-intake
The piglet’s intestines are still not fully matured yet
High nutrient demand for fast growing intestines
Because hypothermic pigs
require more time after birth to ingest adequate colostrum
generally ingest less colostrum
More than 3,500 swine practitioners and scientists from all over the world met for four days to present and discuss swine health management at the 24th International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) congress in Dublin last June. Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health (BIAH) was a partner sponsor for the event showing once again its commitment to supporting the swine industry and more importantly also contributing very actively on a rich technical and scientific program with more than 120 posters and a many oral presentations from BIAH colleagues from around the world.
Precision is the future of all food production including pork and prevention is the foundation of precision. In this series of articles, Dr. DiPietre will look at different aspects related with pig production and precision agriculture and what economic impact could they have in our farms.
MEXICO - Innovative swine health solutions to improve pig health and optimize pig production will be the key focus of the Boehringer Ingelheim IPVS Symposium 2014.
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