Impact of housing environment and management on pre-/post-weaning piglet productivity

BC Ramirez, MD Hayes, ICFS Condotta… - Journal of animal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The complex environment surrounding young pigs reared in intensive housing systems
directly influences their productivity and livelihood. Much of the seminal literature utilized …

Intrinsic challenges of neonatal adaptation in swine

B Diehl, M Oster, A Vernunft, K Wimmers… - Archives Animal …, 2022 - aab.copernicus.org
The losses of piglets in commercial pig farming remain at concerning levels and need to be
addressed through the implementation of new sustainable breeding and management …

Effect of method of drying piglets at birth on rectal temperature over the first 24 h after birth

KD Vande Pol, AF Tolosa, CM Shull… - Translational Animal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Piglets are born wet, and evaporation of that moisture decreases body temperature,
increasing the risk of mortality. The objective of this study was to compare the effect of two …

Effect of drying and/or warming piglets at birth on rectal temperature over the first 24 h after birth

KD Vande Pol, AF Tolosa, CM Shull… - Translational Animal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Piglets experience a rapid decrease in body temperature immediately after birth, increasing
the risk of mortality. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of drying and/or …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of drying and/or warming piglets at birth on rectal temperature over the first 24 h after birth

KDV Pol, AF Tolosa, CM Shull, CB Brown… - Translational Animal …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Piglets experience a rapid decrease in body temperature immediately after birth, increasing
the risk of mortality. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of drying and/or …

Effect of drying and/or warming piglets at birth under warm farrowing room temperatures on piglet rectal temperature over the first 24 h after birth

KD Vande Pol, AF Tolosa, CM Shull… - Translational Animal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Piglets experience a decline in body temperature immediately after birth, and both drying
and warming piglets at birth reduce this. However, these interventions may be less effective …

Effects of drying and providing supplemental oxygen to piglets at birth on rectal temperature over the first 24 h after birth

KD Vande Pol, AF Tolosa, RO Bautista… - Translational Animal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Neonatal piglets can experience both a decrease in body temperature and hypoxia,
increasing risks for pre-weaning mortality. This research evaluated the effects of drying and …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of method of drying piglets at birth on rectal temperature over the first 24 h after birth

KDV Pol, AF Tolosa, CM Shull, CB Brown… - Translational Animal …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Piglets are born wet, and evaporation of that moisture decreases body temperature,
increasing the risk of mortality. The objective of this study was to compare the effect of two …

An approach towards a practicable assessment of neonatal piglet body core temperature using automatic object detection based on thermal images

S Küster, L Haverkamp, M Schlather, I Traulsen - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Body core temperature (BCT) is an important characteristic for the vitality of pigs. Suboptimal
BCT might indicate or lead to increased stress or diseases. Thermal imaging technologies …

Modeling and assessing heat transfer of piglet microclimates

BC Smith, BC Ramirez, SJ Hoff - AgriEngineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
High piglet pre-weaning mortality rates can be attributed to poor creep area microclimate
resulting in negative productivity, welfare, and economic consequences. A piglet …