Mortality Causes of Piglets in the first Week After Birth

Autores/as

  • André Santiago Universidade Federal do Ceará /Centro de Ciências Agrárias / Departamento de Zootecnia
  • Luiz de Carvalho Universidade Federal do Ceará /Centro de Ciências Agrárias / Departamento de Zootecnia
  • Francisco Bastos Universidade Federal do Ceará /Centro de Ciências Agrárias / Departamento de Zootecnia

Palabras clave:

suckling, maternity, swine

Resumen

An experiment was carried out to evaluaíe causes of rnortality in pigleís in the first week of life. Thirty six deliveries with a total of 369 live piglets were studied. H was observed, based on means, íhal 84 % of the mortaliíy in those studied occurred in the first four days after delívery. The three main causes of moríaliíy (84, 34 %) were crushing, low nutriíion leveis and splayed legs.

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Publicado

2007-06-30

Número

Vol. 1 Núm. 1 (2007)

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