Efficient administration of lactating sows considerably influences varied features of swine manufacturing. This examine in contrast the influence of an hourly feeding regime and a five-times-daily feeding regime on the productive efficiency, physique situation, and welfare of lactating sows, in addition to on the expansion efficiency of their offspring.
Strategies: Twenty-eight lactating sows (Landrace × Yorkshire) had been divided into two teams: Group 1 was fed 5 occasions a day, and Group 2 was fed in accordance with an hourly regime. The info had been analyzed utilizing independent-samples T-tests and the Mann-Whitney U check utilizing Statistical Evaluation System (SAS, 2011, Model 9.3) software program.
Outcomes: An hourly feeding regime positively affected sows’ feed consumption and physique situation, considerably lowering the times from the weaning-to-estrus interval. Group 1 exhibited considerably larger reductions in backfat thickness and physique situation rating throughout the weaning interval in comparison with Group 2. Moreover, vital variations had been noticed in regard to sow physique weight reduction, feed consumption, piglet livability and mortality fee at weaning, sow index, and calculated milk yield. Feeding sows in accordance with an hourly regime positively impacted their productive efficiency in comparison with these fed 5 occasions day by day. No vital variations had been recorded in regard to the full variety of piglets born, dwell births, mummified piglets, stillbirths, piglet mortality, litter measurement at weaning, and sow feed conversion ratio. Nonetheless, the variety of piglets weaned per sow per 12 months was numerically larger in Group 2. The piglets from Group 2 had considerably larger weaning weights and exhibited decrease feed consumption, higher weight achieve, improved common day by day achieve, and higher litter measurement weight achieve than these from Group 1. Statistically, sows from Group 2 exhibited the next frequency of standing, which doubtlessly contributed to the discount in shoulder pores and skin lesions in sows.
Conclusion: In conclusion, an hourly feeding regime may optimize sow productive efficiency, physique situation, milk yield, welfare, and piglet development in swine manufacturing.
Ampode KMB, Mun H-S, Lagua EB, Chem V, Park H-R, Kim Y-H, Sharifuzzaman M, Hasan MK, Yang C-J. Hourly Feeding Regime of Fashionable Genetics Lactating Sows: Enhancing Productive Efficiency, Welfare, and Piglet Progress in Good Farm-Primarily based Programs. Agriculture. 2024; 14(5): 740. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14050740
