Author:
Christison G. I.,Wenger I. I.,Follensbee M. E.
Abstract
At birth, 98 piglets were either completely dried with paper towels, or moved under a heat lamp, or left untouched. The three treatments were randomly assigned, within birth order trios, to 11 litters of pigs. Sixty percent of all piglets contacted the udder within 10 min and 91% had nursed within 70 min. Treatment or birth order did not affect the mean time from birth to first udder contact (20 min; SEM 3.5) or the mean time from birth to first suckle (40 min; SEM 4.8). Average daily gain to 24 h or 21 d was not significantly affected by treatment. Mortality to 3 d was 6% for the towel-dried group, 0% for the pigs placed under the heat lamp and 21% for the untouched group. We conclude that drying or warming at birth did not affect suckling success of active piglets, but there was an indication that survival was improved. Key words Newborn, piglet, drying, warming, suckling, survival
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Food Animals
Cited by
28 articles.
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