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EXCESSIVE INTRA-UTERINE PRESSURE DURING BIRTH
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EXCESSIVE INTRA-UTERINE PRESSURE DURING BIRTH

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Signs of excessive intra-uterine pressure during birth:

Slow start of breathing in newborn piglets

Ruptured, profusely bleeding umbilical cords at birth

Strangulation of the piglets by the umbilical cord

Uterine spasm, retarded birth

STRONG ACTIVE PIGLETS VERSUS INTRA-UTERINE GROWTH-RATE RESTRICTED (IUGR)-PIGLETS
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STRONG ACTIVE PIGLETS VERSUS INTRA-UTERINE GROWTH-RATE RESTRICTED (IUGR)-PIGLETS

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A typical situation: farrowing was planned for the Thursday but many sows have already farrowed by Tuesday. Weak piglets lead to low milk-release of the sow.

STRONG AND ACTIVE PIGS AFTER BIRTH – SUCCESS FACTORS
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STRONG AND ACTIVE PIGS AFTER BIRTH – SUCCESS FACTORS

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Sow herd vaccination, i.e. against influenza and other viruses that can be transferred from the sow’s blood stream through the uterine blood supply thereby breaking through the uterine barrier: PRRS-virus, Circovirus, Parvovirus

Good body condition and fitness of the sow

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CREATE MAXIMUM “PULL”– GIVE ALL YOU CAN TO YOUR OFFSPRING
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CREATE MAXIMUM “PULL”– GIVE ALL YOU CAN TO YOUR OFFSPRING

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Milk production is at peak level on day 18 +/- 1 of lactation where up to about 16 litres/day is produced depending on:

Litter size and vitality of the suckling pigs

Genetic potential

Health status

MANAGING SUCKLING PIGLETS
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MANAGING SUCKLING PIGLETS

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Systematics in sucking pig management:

 Checklist for a good start

1. Number of functional teats checked and recorded 

2. A number of  pigs, to leave two fewer piglets than the number of functional teats, are fostered out of a litter