2020
DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.520035
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Effects of Creep Feed Provision on Behavior and Performance of Piglets Around Weaning

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“…The lack of effect of creep feed provision during the first week (d 14 -d 21) may be associated with feed intake showing progressive increase over time only after 18 d of age in piglets (Huting et al 2017). This finding also corroborates a recent study showing that growth performance is not impacted after the first week of creep feed provision (Middelkoop et al 2020). However, in the second week, there was an increase in ADG in piglets receiving the SC treatment compared to CON and CC, with SCC being intermediate (P < 0.05).…”
Section: Pre-weaning Performancesupporting
confidence: 88%
“…The lack of effect of creep feed provision during the first week (d 14 -d 21) may be associated with feed intake showing progressive increase over time only after 18 d of age in piglets (Huting et al 2017). This finding also corroborates a recent study showing that growth performance is not impacted after the first week of creep feed provision (Middelkoop et al 2020). However, in the second week, there was an increase in ADG in piglets receiving the SC treatment compared to CON and CC, with SCC being intermediate (P < 0.05).…”
Section: Pre-weaning Performancesupporting
confidence: 88%
“…However, during the second week of life, all the piglets started exploring and consuming the provided feed, and this behaviour increased rapidly over the third and fourth weeks of age (just before weaning). The individual eating behaviour was also supported by the previously reported increase in feed intake at the litter level during the 4 weeks pre‐weaning (Middelkoop et al ., 2020 ). However, despite this universal and prominent increase in eating behaviour over time, the quantified estimates of eating of individual piglets displayed considerable variation (Middelkoop et al ., 2020 ).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Accordingly, pre- and post-weaning BSFL provisioning had no effect on the number of days piglets had (watery) diarrhea. Post-weaning diarrhea is a multi-factorial problem [reviewed by Heo et al ( 14 )], and feed intake has had contrasting effects on diarrhea occurrence ( 8 , 23 , 64 , 80 ). Including BSFL fat in weanling piglets' diet also did not affect diarrhea rate during 4 weeks post-weaning ( 45 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As a result all weaning-related stressors, including separation from the sow, switching from a milk to a concentrate diet, relocation to a new environment, and often mixing with unfamiliar conspecifics, occur acutely and simultaneously, intensifying the stress experienced by newly weaned piglets (3,4). At this young age, piglets tend to have little to no experience with eating solid (creep) feed, and pre-weaning feed intake varies markedly between piglets and litters (5)(6)(7)(8). Inexperience with solid feed combined with the stress of early weaning often causes a drop in feed intake and growth directly after weaning (9,10).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%