Sow Health Influences Piglet Survival

Kim L Bunter; Poasa Tabuaciri

Abstract

Identifying factors which affect piglet survival can help producers develop interventions and management strategies to reduce pre-weaning mortality. While puerperal disease affects subsequent fertility and litter size of sows (Hoy, 2006), Gerjets and Kempter (2009) suggested that the primary economic impact of post-parturient problems is via increased pre-weaning mortality of piglets. We hypothesis that both pre- and post-farrowing sow characteristics can be identified which are indicative risk factors for their piglets' survival until weaning and examine a range of potentially important sow level factors in a multivariate context.

Original language	English
Pages	99-99
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	APSA 2011: 13th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association - Adelaide, Australia Duration: 27 Nov 2011 → 30 Nov 2011

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Conference	APSA 2011: 13th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association
City	Adelaide, Australia
Period	27/11/11 → 30/11/11

Keywords

Animal Breeding
Animal Growth and Development

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