Sufficient colostrum consumption is critical for the survival of piglets with a low birth weight. Photo: Henk Riswick
Piglets with a low birth weight are an important cause of economic loss due to increased morbidity and mortality rates, and reduced growth performance, meat, and carcass quality. Therefore, nutritional strategies at sow and piglet levels are needed to prevent a low birth weight from occuring and to increase piglet survivability and growth rate. Genetic selection for enhanced prolificacy has increased the number of piglets per litter, birth weight variation within litters, and the percentage o
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