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Using Statistics to Save Newborn Piglets
2015-11-05 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
DENMARK - By using statistical models, scientists have developed a system that can help the farmer to monitor farrowing and to automatically and intelligently adjust the temperature.
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Climate Change May Lead to Low Newborn Weights in Poorer Nations
2015-10-02 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
HealthDay: Climate change is expected to bring about a host of health harms, and a new study suggests that a surprising addition to that list might be an increase in the number of low birth weight babies born in poor nations. The researchers looked at almost 70,000 births in 19 African nations. The births occurred between 1986 and 2010. The researchers hoped to assess the relationship between rainfall, temperature and birth weight. They found that that lower levels of rainfall and an increased number of very...
Are Iron Supplements Insufficient for Modern Newborn Piglets?
2015-08-26 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - Iron supplementation is essential to newborn piglets to decrease the chance of anaemia and boost their resistance to disease, but recent research from the University of Guelph suggests standard supplement protocols may not meet the needs of rapidly growing piglets.
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New Product Stops Shedding of PEDv in Newborn Piglets
2015-02-27 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - A unique egg yolk immunoglobulin formulation has proven effective against porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDv) in university research and field studies, according to Provanco Feeds.
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Breakthrough in Understanding Coccidiosis in Newborn Piglets
2014-09-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
AUSTRIA - Parasitologists from the University of Veterinary Medicine of Vienna are closer to understanding the disease process behind porcine neonatal coccidiosis, which causes diarrhoea and mortality in piglets in the first days of life.
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