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human necrotising enterocolitis . J Surg Res 2014 ; 191 : 323 – 330 . 10.1016/j.jss.2014.04.020 20. Wol iński J Biernat M Guilloteau P , et al. Exogenous leptin controls the development of the small intestine in neonatal piglets . J
be accurate if the sow was parity 2 or greater at the time of culling. First-parity sows should not be culled for poor farrowing productivity because litter performance factors such as number born alive, number weaned, piglet mortality rate, and first
than two days of age . Vet J 2000 ; 160 : 33 – 41 . 4. McGlone JJ Hellman JM . Local and general anesthetic effects on behavior and performance of two- and seven-week-old castrated and uncastrated piglets . J Anim Sci 1988 ; 66 : 3049
of local anesthetic toxicosis observed because of its lipid content. Propofol administration has been reported 26,27 to delay the onset of signs of cardiovascular depression in rats treated with bupivacaine but not in piglets. 26,27 Treatment of
swine production systems throughout the production process on a daily basis. The model accounted for such variables as nearby farm density, piglet inventory, and wind speed and direction. The model demonstrated a good ability to predict infections, Dr
be most useful as a dissection guide for students; however, its organization will make it a beneficial addition to the library of clinicians as well. Reviewed by Hugh D. Dookwah, DVM, PhD University of Georgia Athens, Ga Piglet Nutrition
crates, piglet mortality, the physical and social environment of piglets, tail biting, enrichment, hunger in pregnant sows, aggression in grouped sows and pigs, transport, and slaughter. Each chapter has an extensive review of the literature and provides
–38 Results of a study 35 with both in vivo and ex vivo experiments involving piglets indicate that only colostral cells derived from the dam of a piglet can pass through the neonatal intestinal barrier; peripheral blood leukocytes from that dam or colostral
lower respiratory tract as described for children 7 and cats 8 and which have been experimentally induced in fetal and neonatal piglets. 9 The purpose of the study reported here was to investigate and describe endoscopically detectable abnormalities
farrowing farms. However, this had little impact on growing pig sites because the typical time from breeding to movement to growing pig sites is 5 months. Newborn and suckling piglets were sold or euthanized. Although this decreased the number of pigs that