Relationship of vitality and weight with the temperature of newborn piglets born to sows of different parity
Autor: | Ramiro Ramírez-Necoechea, Patricia Roldan Santiago, Daniel Mota-Rojas, Alfonso López Mayagoitia, Julio Martínez-Burnes |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
integumentary system General Veterinary business.industry animal diseases Birth weight 0402 animal and dairy science 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Vitality 040201 dairy & animal science 03 medical and health sciences fluids and secretions 030104 developmental biology Animal science Skin color Ingestion Colostrum Medicine Animal Science and Zoology business Parity (mathematics) Meconium staining |
Zdroj: | Livestock Science. 220:26-31 |
ISSN: | 1871-1413 |
Popis: | The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between birth weight and vitality with the thermographic temperatures in piglets born to different parity sows. The study involved 1260 piglets born to 90 sows (Yorkshire-Landrace × Large-White) classified based on parity as primiparous (n = 30), 2nd–5th parity (n = 30), and 6th–7th parity (n = 30). The vitality of piglets was determined using a numerical score based on respiratory latency, heartbeats, skin color, latency to stand up, and meconium staining of the skin. Temperatures were taken at birth (T1), drying (T2), initial ingestion of colostrum (T3) and 24 hr after birth (T4). The piglets were weighed immediately after being removed from the sow for skin drying. Piglets with low vitality born to primiparous sows had lower birth weights (P °C) and T2 (2 °C) compared to the high vitality groups (P °C at T4 compared to those of the low and medium vitality groups. It was concluded that independently of parity, piglets with low birth weights and low vitality scores at birth are unable to increase ocular temperature even after ingesting colostrum. |
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