A field trial on the effect of cross-fostering on performance, clinical health and antibiotic usage during the suckling period of pigs

Nielsen, Cecilie Liv; Krogh, Mogens Agerbo; Sørensen, Jan Tind; Kongsted, Hanne

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105678

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“…In the study of Pedersen et al (2021), piglets reared by their own mother had a significantly lower preweaning mortality than surplus piglets reared by a Nurse 2 sow (Figure 4). This is in contrast with other studies, where no difference in preweaning mortality between nurse piglet and nonnurse piglets was found (Nielsen et al, 2022;Schmitt et al, 2019b;Thorup & Nielsen, 2018).…”

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“…In particular, the prevalence of treatments against diarrhea increased in cross‐fostered litters. Mortality, however, did not increase due to cross‐fostering (Nielsen et al, 2022), which states that moving piglets between litters may change the infection dynamics but does not affect the preweaning mortality. Furthermore, the use of nurse sows and herd health status of, that is, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRS) need to be taken seriously.…”

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Selecting the optimal strategies when using nurse sows for supernumerous piglets

Bruun

Pedersen

Thorup

et al. 2023

Molecular Reproduction Devel

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Hyper‐prolific sows frequently do not have a sufficient number of functional teats for their piglets to nurse which has led to the use of nurse sows to manage these surplus piglets. This review discusses strategies for using nurse sows and factors that influence preweaning survival and weight gain of their litters, as well as those that affect their subsequent rebreeding performance. Rearing piglets using a nurse sow can be as successful as piglets reared with their biological mother and is thus a powerful management tool to decrease preweaning piglet mortality. Selecting a young sow as nurse sow is beneficial for piglet survival; however, piglets nursing first parity sows often have a lower daily weight gain than piglets nursing multiparous sows. A litter of uniform surplus piglets is preferably handled using the two‐step nurse sow strategy. A consequence of nonuniform litters will most likely be an increased mortality and decreased weaning weight among the smallest piglets within a litter. The subsequent fertility of nurse sows is not compromised. There is an increased risk of lactational oestrus when using nurse sows leading to an increased weaning‐to‐oestrus interval; however, litter size in nurse sows is identical or even moderately higher in the subsequent parity compared with nonnurse sows.

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Section: Management Considerations Using Nurse Sowsmentioning

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Selecting the optimal strategies when using nurse sows for supernumerous piglets

Bruun

Pedersen

Thorup

et al. 2023

Molecular Reproduction Devel

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“…Another advantage is that pigs do not require treatment with antibiotics. Antibiotics have to minimize because they cause resistance in both livestock and humans who consume livestock products [11][12].…”

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The Study of Sustainable Biodesinfectants for Pig Farms in Samosir Island, Indonesia

Ginting,

Damanik

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Disease control in smallholder pig farms has not been appropriately taken care of on Samosir Island. Pig livestockers suffer a lot of losses due to bacterial infection. Reducing the bacterial population in the pigsty is beneficial for minimizing the access of animals infected with bacteria. One way is by applying a disinfectant. This study investigated the ability of alternative biodesinfectants with four concentrations to eliminate pig-associated Escherichia coli and Salmonella by in-vitro tests. Sustainable biodesinfectans are fermented fruit extract (FFE), and fermented fruits extract plus Agave sisalana (FFE +AS). The antimicrobial activity testing method was the diffusion method with a paper disc. Fermentation of fruit waste to produce FFE is more beneficial than disposing of the waste at a landfill. In this study, the fruit waste used comes from pineapple (Ananas comosus), papaya (Carica papaya), and banana (Musa paradisiaca). FEE + AS is FEE, which refermented to the addition of Agave sisalana. FFE and FFE + AS contain enzymes, organic acids, and microbial. The results showed that FEE +AS 100%, 1: 10, and 1:20 prove to inhibit Escherichia coli and Salmonella. The highest antimicrobial activity was obtained from FEE + AS with an 11.7 mm inhibition zone diameter. Further studies on disinfecting pig sheds are justified to assess their effectiveness.

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“…Neonatal diarrhoea also represents a significant concern regarding antibiotic usage in suckling piglets. Indeed, diarrhoea was found to be responsible for more than 21% of cases of antibiotic usage during the nursing period for piglets weaned at four weeks of age in a Danish study [1]. The prevention of neonatal diarrhoea is therefore essential for ensuring the profitability of pig herds and the reduction in antibiotic consumption.…”

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Microbiological Findings and Associated Histopathological Lesions in Neonatal Diarrhoea Cases between 2020 and 2022 in a French Veterinary Pig Practice

Boulbria¹,

Costa²,

Amenna-Bernard³

et al. 2023

Veterinary Sciences

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This retrospective study described the aetiologies of neonatal diarrhoea cases and their associations with histological findings. A total of 106 diarrhoeic neonatal piglets were selected. Cultures, MALDI typings, PCRs and evaluation of intestinal lesions were performed. A total of 51 cases (48.1%) were positive for only one pathogen and 54 (50.9%) were positive for more than one pathogen. Clostridium perfringens type A was the most frequently detected pathogen (61.3%), followed by Enterococcus hirae (43.4%), rotavirus type A (38.7%), rotavirus type C (11.3%) and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (3.8%). Only lesions in the small intestine were correlated with detected pathogens. The detection of rotavirus was associated with an increased probability of observing villous atrophy (p < 0.001), crypt hyperplasia (p = 0.01) and leucocyte necrosis in the lamina propria (p = 0.05). The detection of Clostridium perfringens type A was associated with an increased probability of observing bacilli in close proximity to the mucosa (p < 0.001) and a decreased probability of observing epithelial necrosis (p = 0.04). Detection of Enterococcus hirae was associated with an increased probability of observing enteroadherent cocci (p < 0.001). Multivariate regression logistic models revealed that epithelial necrosis was more likely to occur in Enterococcus hirae-positive piglets (p < 0.02) and neutrophilic infiltrate was more likely to occur in Clostridium perfringens type A- and Enterococcus hirae-positive piglets (p = 0.04 and p = 0.02, respectively).

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A field trial on the effect of cross-fostering on performance, clinical health and antibiotic usage during the suckling period of pigs

Cited by 4 publications

References 29 publications

Selecting the optimal strategies when using nurse sows for supernumerous piglets

Selecting the optimal strategies when using nurse sows for supernumerous piglets

The Study of Sustainable Biodesinfectants for Pig Farms in Samosir Island, Indonesia

Microbiological Findings and Associated Histopathological Lesions in Neonatal Diarrhoea Cases between 2020 and 2022 in a French Veterinary Pig Practice

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