An economical assessment of providing suckling piglets with supplementary milk and prestarter

Abstract: Fertility of sows has shown marked increases, especially during the last decade. In order to raise as many piglets as possible without resorting to nursing sows, it is extremely important to provide the piglets with a diet covering all their nutritional needs. This study examined the influence of automatically providing suckling pigs with a supplementary diet of milk and prestarter on the number of weaned piglets, their weight development and on the condition of the sow. The results were used to carry out a cost-benefit analysis. This analysis shows that automatically providing supplementary milk and prestarter led to higher weaning weights. However, the system would only be cost effective if at least 0.65 additional weaned piglets were raised per litter through supplementary feeding. https://www.landtechnik-online.eu/landtechnik/article/view/64

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
An economical assessment of providing suckling piglets with supplementary milk and prestarter ; volume:71 ; number:3 ; day:28 ; month:06 ; year:2016
Landtechnik ; 71, Heft 3 (28.06.2016)

Urheber
Andreas Rohe
Engel Hessel

DOI
10.15150/lt.2016.3129
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020052915551891905563
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  • Andreas Rohe
  • Engel Hessel

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