Sows’ parity and coconut oil postnatal supplement on piglets performance

Santos, Luan Sousa dos; Caldara, Fabiana Ribeiro; Machado, Sivanilza T; Nääs, Irenilza de Alencar; Foppa, Luciana; Garcia, Rodrigo Garófallo; Moura, Rafael de Deus; Machado, Simone Pereira

doi:10.21897/rmvz.54

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“…If drenching LBW piglets causes an additional burden, it might counteract any potentially positive effect of the supplemented substance. In this respect, the literature data are conflicting, as Declerck and colleagues [ 39 ] observed a reduction in mortality when they supplemented LBW piglets (<1.00 kg) with a coconut oil containing booster on the day of birth, whereas an earlier study by Santos et al [ 40 ] did not report an effect on mortality, even though coconut oil was supplemented at a higher total energetic dosage to piglets of a similar birth weight (0.60–0.90 kg) on both the first and second day of life. A later study, in which LBW piglets were supplemented with coconut oil on the day of birth and the second day, also did not show a reduced mortality when comparing supplemented and non-supplemented piglets.…”

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Handling Associated with Drenching Does Not Impact Survival and General Health of Low Birth Weight Piglets

Tichelen

Prims

Ayuso

et al. 2021

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The increase in litter sizes in recent years has resulted in more low birth weight (LBW) piglets, accompanied by a higher mortality. A potential intervention to overcome this is drenching bioactive substances. However, if the act of drenching provokes additional stress in LBW piglets, it might counteract the supplement’s effect and be detrimental for the piglet’s survival. To study the effect of the drenching act, piglets from 67 sows were weighed within 4 h after birth. The mean litter birth weight (MLBW) and standard deviation (SD) were calculated. LBW piglets (n = 76) were defined as weighing between (MLBW-1*SD) and (MLBW-2.5*SD). They were randomly allocated to two treatments: “sham” (conducting the act of drenching by inserting an empty 2.5 mL syringe in the mouth during 20 s, once a day, d1 till d7; n = 37) or “no treatment” (no handling; n = 39). On day 1, 3, 9, 24 and 38, piglets were weighed and scored for skin lesions. Blood samples were collected on day 9 and 38 and analyzed to determine glucose, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), urea, immunoglobulin G (IgG), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and a standard blood panel test. There was no difference between sham drenched and untreated piglets regarding any of the parameters. In conclusion, this study showed that drenching does not impose a significant risk to LBW piglets and can be applied safely during the first 7 days after birth.

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Handling Associated with Drenching Does Not Impact Survival and General Health of Low Birth Weight Piglets

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Prims

Ayuso

et al. 2021

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“…Nevertheless, the literature findings are contradictory, probably because of the difference between amount and time of supplemented doses. Santos et al (2015) provided two 3-mL doses of coconut oil for piglets 12 h after birth and 36 h after the first dose. Those authors did not find effects of coconut oil on weaning weight for either regular weight (>1.0 kg) or LBW piglets (<1.0 kg).…”

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Efficacy of energy supplementation on growth performance and immune response of suckling pigs

Manzke

Gomes

Xavier

et al. 2018

Journal of Animal Science

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Three studies were performed to determine the effects of oral energy sources on the performance, immune status, and intestinal morphology of piglets. In Exp. 1, 50 litters were selected based on genotype and parity order to determine the optimum amount of supplemental energy for neonatal pigs. They were distributed according to a 5 × 5 Latin square design, in which columns were represented by 5 sows and rows were represented by 5 newborn weight categories. Treatments consisted of 2 oral doses of 0, 2, 4, 8, or 16 mL of rice bran oil (RBO). There was a positive response of RBO on BW with a numerical difference (P = 0.12) and a significant linear effect (P = 0.04) at weaning. In Exp. 2, litters (n = 340) were randomly allotted to a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments: RBO supplemented either through oral doses (without supplementation or with 2 mL of RBO) or through prestarter feed (without supplementation or with 2% of RBO replacing 2% of soybean oil). Piglets orally receiving RBO showed a numerical increase in BW at weaning (P = 0.101) compared with the control group. Moreover, piglets supplemented by prestarter feed tended to increase feed intake (P = 0.084). In Exp. 3, litters (n = 245) were selected based on genotype and parity order and they were distributed according to a 7 × 7 Latin square design planed in the same way as in Exp. 1. Each neonatal pig within a litter was randomly assigned to 1 of 7 treatments: 1) control (no supplementation), 2) 2 mL of RBO enriched with omega-3 fatty acids, 3) 2.33 mL of pure glycerin, 4) 1.3 mL of soybean oil, 5) 1.4 mL of linseed oil, 6) 1.68 mL of coconut oil, and 7) 2 mL of RBO. Animal performance was analyzed using 2 data sets: all data (average initial BW of 1.479 kg) and low birth weight (LBW) piglet data (≤1.220 kg initial BW with average of 0.985 kg). Body weight or BW gain (BWG) were not different among treatments (P > 0.10) when all data were analyzed. However, LBW piglets fed coconut oil tended to increase BW (P = 0.099) during the first week. In conclusion, the oral use of RBO may increase BW at weaning and the supplementation by prestarter feed may enhance the feed intake of piglets. In addition, coconut oil may increase BW of LBW piglets in the first week of life without affecting mortality, immune response, or gut morphology. The routine practice of oral supplementation of energy for newborn pigs could be an important tool in swine production.

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“…However, the lack of a consistent across-studies criterion to identify the targeted LBW piglets limits the comparison of results between studies and obscures drawing a conclusion on the effect of these compounds (reviewed by [23][24][25]). While some authors apply birth weight cut-offs up to 1.00-1.35 kg to define LBW piglets [14,[17][18][19], others use lower birth weights [15,[26][27][28]. Moreover, some studies even consider piglets merely below one kilogram as very low birth weight piglets [18] while other studies consider piglets in this weight range as LBW piglets [15,17,19,26,27].…”

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The Effect of Drenching (Very) Low Birth Weight Piglets with a Dense, Concentrated Milk Replacer at Farms with Differing Farrowing Management

Tichelen

Prims

Ayuso

et al. 2022

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Introducing hyperprolific sows has led to proportionally more (very) low birth weight ((V)LBW) piglets, accompanied by higher mortality. To improve the survival of (V)LBW piglets, drenching a dense milk replacer (DMR) could be applied. A first experiment evaluated the effect of drenching DMR (1 or 3 doses within 24 h after birth) to LBW ((mean litter birth weight−1*SD) and weighing between 1 kg and 750 g) and VLBW piglets ((mean litter birth weight−1.5*SD) and weighing less than 750 g). On days 1, 2, 3, 9, and two days post-weaning, body weight, growth, skin lesions, and mortality were monitored. No effect of DMR was observed on any of the parameters. In a second experiment, LBW piglets were supplemented with DMR (similarly to experiment 1) at two farms differing in the level of perinatal care. The same parameters were evaluated, and again none were affected by drenching DMR. Overall survival of the LBW piglets was significantly higher at the farm with high perinatal care. It can be concluded that good perinatal management is more effective in enhancing the survival of LBW piglets than drenching.

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Sows’ parity and coconut oil postnatal supplement on piglets performance

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

Handling Associated with Drenching Does Not Impact Survival and General Health of Low Birth Weight Piglets

Handling Associated with Drenching Does Not Impact Survival and General Health of Low Birth Weight Piglets

Efficacy of energy supplementation on growth performance and immune response of suckling pigs

The Effect of Drenching (Very) Low Birth Weight Piglets with a Dense, Concentrated Milk Replacer at Farms with Differing Farrowing Management

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