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The importance of optimal body condition to maximise reproductive health and perinatal outcomes in pigs

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Author(s):
Muro, Bruno B. D. ; Carnevale, Rafaella F. ; Leal, Diego F. ; Almond, Glen W. ; Monteiro, Matheus S. ; Poor, Andre P. ; Schinckel, Allan P. ; Garbossa, Cesar A. P.
Total Authors: 8
Document type: Journal article
Source: NUTRITION RESEARCH REVIEWS; v. N/A, p. 21-pg., 2022-06-24.
Abstract

Overnutrition or undernutrition during all or part of the reproductive cycle predisposes sows to metabolic consequences and poor reproductive health which contributes to a decrease in sow longevity and an increase in perinatal mortality. This represents not only an economic problem for the pig industry but also results in poor animal welfare. To maximise profitability and increase sustainability in pig production, it is pivotal to provide researchers and practitioners with synthesised information about the repercussions of maternal obesity or malnutrition on reproductive health and perinatal outcomes, and to pinpoint currently available nutritional managements to keep sows' body condition in an optimal range. Thus, the present review summarises recent work on the consequences of maternal malnutrition and highlights new findings. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 19/17683-0 - Evaluation of mortality causes in swine females in intensive production system
Grantee:Matheus Saliba Monteiro
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
FAPESP's process: 19/01192-7 - Characterization of bacterial pathogens causing metritis in swine using culture and metagenomics analysis
Grantee:André Pegoraro Poor
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
FAPESP's process: 20/02731-6 - Nutritional additive rich in dietary fiber during the transition period in order to improve sow and litter performance
Grantee:Bruno Bracco Donatelli Muro
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 19/23320-7 - Oral administration of an energetic supplement for farrowing sows and its impact on farrowing kinetics and piglet mortality until weaning
Grantee:Rafaella Fernandes Carnevale
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
FAPESP's process: 20/11016-9 - Nutritional additive rich in dietary fiber for swine dams in the pre-insemination and transition period to improve the productive performance of the sow and the litter
Grantee:Cesar Augusto Pospissil Garbossa
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants