Supporting the hyper prolific sow and her litter through the perinatal period by dietary nitrate supplementation

Abstract

Table of Contents Chapter 1 General Introduction Chapter 2 Maternal nutrition, uterine contractions and placental blood flow in the sow: a review. Chapter 3 Maternal dietary nitrate supplementation lowers incidence of stillbirth in hyper prolific sows under commercial circumstances Chapter 4 Effect of maternal dietary nitrate supplementation during the perinatal period on piglet survival, body weight and litter uniformity Chapter 5 Effects of maternal dietary nitrate supplementation on farrowing and placental characteristics, level of asphyxiation at birth and piglet vitality Chapter 6 Disentangling litter size and farrowing duration effects on piglet stillbirth, acid-base blood parameters and pre-weaning mortality Chapter 7 General Discussion