Increasing the piglets´use of the creep area - A battle against biology?

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Increasing the piglets´use of the creep area - A battle against biology?
Original language description
Farrowing systems are based upon the assumption that the newborn piglets will leave their mother after suckling and enter a creep area, but they are motivated to remain close to the sow. Several creep areas were used to attempt to increase time spent inthe creep area after birth and to find out whether increased time spent in the creep area affects piglet mortality. Forty-six loose-housed sows and their litters were subjected to one of three treatments; (1) control (CON); concrete floor in the creep area, (2) bedding (BED); insulated and soft bedding in the creep area and (3) HUT; an insulated and soft bedding plus a wall to increase the heat conserving capacity in the creep area. The pens were video-recorded from 0?72 h after birth. The attempts to make the creep area attractive did not increase the use of the creep area; piglets in the HUT treatment spent less time in the creep area and more time resting near the sow than piglets in the CON and BED treatment.
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
GG - Zootechnics
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/IAA603070801" target="_blank" >IAA603070801: The impact of piglets´ behaviour and vocalization on the maternal behaviour of the sow with consequences on piglet mortality</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year
2010
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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