Piglets are born with eight sharp enamel, which might trigger facial lesions on different piglets and sow teats throughout suckling. Throughout the first few days of life, tooth resection by way of grinding could be carried out to attenuate these issues. The European Union (EU) permits tooth resection solely when there may be proof of accidents to different piglets or sows as a result of it might trigger ache and stress (EU Directive 2008/120/EC).
Goal and strategies: Surveys of farms that had litters with intact enamel revealed contrasting outcomes relating to lesions on piglet faces and sow teats. To justify these observations, an experiment was carried out at Crécom, the experimental station of the Chamber of Agriculture of Brittany. The examine in contrast two remedies: piglets with intact enamel (DI) and piglets with floor enamel (DM). We assessed facial lesions of piglets, a rating for sow teat lesions, litter weight acquire and piglet mortality. A complete of 68 sows and 884 piglets in 2 batches had been included.
Outcomes and conclusion: The outcomes indicated that grinding enamel decreased the share of extreme facial lesions piglets all through lactation, and extra so when the sows had been in momentary confinement crating moderately than confined crating. Grinding enamel decreased the teat lesion rating on day 21 of lactation however didn’t affect the mortality fee or litter weight acquire.
Claudie Guyomarc’h, Nicolas Villain, Yannick Ramonet. 57èmes
Journées de la Recherche Porcine.
