Colostrum intake: Influence on piglet performance and factors of variation

Quesnel, H.; Farmer, C.; Devillers, Nicolas

doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2012.03.010

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“…Sufficient uptake of colostrum is crucial to avoid neonatal death (Pettigrew, 1981;Le Dividich et al, 2005), and it was recently demonstrated that piglet mortality increases markedly if colostrum intake is < 200 g/ piglet (or 180 g/kg birth weight; Quesnel et al, 2012). Indeed, mortality rate averaged < 10% if piglets ingested >200 g of colostrum, 34% if piglets ingested 100 to 200 g of colostrum, and it increased to 63% if piglets ingested < 100 g of colostrum.…”

Section: Definitions Of Colostrum Transient Milk and Mature Sow Milkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Approximately, one-third of sows produce less colostrum than the recommended level of 250 g colostrum/piglet (Quesnel et al, 2012), which will be adequate for survival and proper growth. In addition, even if sow colostrum yield per se is adequate, quite a lot of piglets typically ingest less than the amount required to survive because colostrum intake differs greatly among littermates (Quesnel et al, 2012).…”

Section: Sow Nutrition and Piglet Survivalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, even if sow colostrum yield per se is adequate, quite a lot of piglets typically ingest less than the amount required to survive because colostrum intake differs greatly among littermates (Quesnel et al, 2012). Indeed, colostrum intake is positively related to birth weight and negatively related with litter size (Le Dividich et al, 2005).…”

Section: Sow Nutrition and Piglet Survivalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Piglets are born deficient in energy, and intake of energy from colostrum (Pettigrew, 1981) and milk after the onset of lactation is of paramount importance for the newborn piglets (Le Dividich et al, 2005;Quesnel et al, 2012;Theil et al, 2012). Energy originating from oxidized glycogen, colostrum and transient milk all contribute to maintain a constant body temperature and to keep the piglets alive .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Nutritional aspects with the aim of reducing stillbirth rate and the role of specific colostral immunoglobulins are considered beyond the scope of the present review. In addition, the review will not cover intrinsic piglet factors relevant for piglet survival, because these issues have been recently addressed by other authors (Pedersen et al, 2010;Quesnel et al, 2012 and2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Piglet survival is a major problem, especially during the first 3 days after birth. Piglets are born deficient of energy, but at the same time they have a very high energy requirement because of high physical activity, high need for thermoregulation (because of their lean body with low insulation) and high heat production in muscle tissues. To be able to survive, newborn piglets may rely upon three different sources of energy, namely, glycogen, colostrum and transient milk, which orchestrate to cover their energy requirements. Piglets are born with limited amounts of energy in glycogen depots in the liver and muscle tissues and these depots are sufficient for normal activity for ∼16 h. Intake and oxidation of fat and lactose from colostrum must supply sufficient amount of energy to cover at least another 18 h until transient milk becomes available in the sow udder ∼34 h after the first piglet is born. Selection for large litters during the last two decades has challenged piglets even further during the critical neonatal phase because the selection programs indirectly decreased birth weight of piglets and because increased litter size has increased the competition between littermates. Different attempts have been made to increase the short-term survival of piglets, that is, survival until day 3 of lactation, by focusing on improving transfer of vital maternal energy to the offspring, either in utero or via mammary secretions. Thus, the present review addresses how sow nutrition in late gestation may favor survival of newborn piglets by increasing glycogen depots, improving colostrum yield or colostrum composition, or by increasing production of transient milk.

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Section: Definitions Of Colostrum Transient Milk and Mature Sow Milkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sow Nutrition and Piglet Survivalmentioning

confidence: 99%