Effect of early trough familiarity on the creep feeding behaviour in suckling piglets and after weaning

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Delumeau ◽  
M.C. Meunier-Salaün
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
Creep Feeding ◽  
Suckling Piglets

Factors affecting neonatal viability and the relationship between it and subsequent creep feeding behaviour of suckling piglets

2002 ◽  
Vol 2002 ◽  
pp. 221-221
Author(s):  
H. F. Lee ◽  
C. A. Morgan ◽  
M. C. Appleby ◽  
N. K. Waran
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
Food Resource ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Creep Feeding ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Neonatal Piglets ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Suckling Piglets ◽  
Survival And Growth ◽  
The Relationship

Neonatal viability is one of the key factors affecting piglets’ vitality, which ultimately affects the survival and growth of piglets (England, 1974). As colostrum is the only food resource of neonatal piglets, their ability to acquire the colostrum as early as possible after their birth can determine their vitality. Piglets are usually supplied with creep food at some time during the suckling period in order to improve their performance before and after weaning. However, the creep food intake varies between litters and between individuals. Furthermore, the relationship between viability in early life and the acceptance of a new food (e.g. creep food) when they first encounter it, is not fully understood. The objectives of this study were to investigate factors affecting the neonatal viability of piglets at birth and to identify the relationship between neonatal viability and subsequent creep feeding behaviour by piglets on d14-d15.

scholarly journals Dietary diversity affects feeding behaviour of suckling piglets

2018 ◽  
Vol 205 ◽  
pp. 151-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anouschka Middelkoop ◽  
Raka Choudhury ◽  
Walter J.J. Gerrits ◽  
Bas Kemp ◽  
Michiel Kleerebezem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
Suckling Piglets

Effect of different creep feeding treatments and group composition on the initiation of piglet feeding behaviour immediately post-weaning

2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 ◽  
pp. 80-80
Author(s):  
F. H. Reynolds ◽  
H. M. Miller ◽  
J. M. Forbes
Keyword(s):  
Feed Intake ◽  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
Maximum Rate ◽  
Learning Effect ◽  
Group Composition ◽  
Learning Behaviour ◽  
Recording Equipment ◽  
Creep Feeding ◽  
Creep Feed ◽  
Sufficient Food

The post-weaning growth check of the piglet can be attributed to the inability of the animal to eat sufficient food in the initial post weaning period and hence grow at a maximum rate (Pluske et al., 1996). It is essential therefore to identify determinants of individual feed intake characteristics post weaning to improve piglet performance. A palatable creep-diet is often fed to piglets pre-weaning to increase performance and to allow piglets to become familiarised with solid feed sourced from a feeder. Bruininx (2002) et al., demonstrated using single spaced Feed Intake Recording Equipment (FIRE), that creep feed stimulates post-weaning feed intake and gain. In addition, Morgan et al. (2001) investigated feeding behaviour of piglets paired from creep or no creep backgrounds and concluded a learning effect which increased the feeding behaviour of the naïve piglet. The purpose of this experiment, therefore, was to investigate the effect of offering selected litters either creep feed or zero creep (naïve) pre-weaning on their latency to initiate feeding post weaning. It was hypothesised that learning behaviour between piglets may influence feeding initiation and so this experiment would also look at the effect of mixing piglets from the two lactation backgrounds.

PERFORMANCE AND PROTEOLYTIC ENZYME ACTIVITY OF THE SUCKLING PIGLET CREEP-FED AT ONE OR THREE WEEKS OF AGE

1970 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. FRIEND ◽  
A. D. L. GORRILL ◽  
T. M. MacINTYRE
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Water Intake ◽  
Proteolytic Enzyme ◽  
Carcass Composition ◽  
Creep Feeding ◽  
Proteolytic Enzyme Activity ◽  
Creep Feed ◽  
Suckling Piglets ◽  
Suckling Piglet ◽  
Daily Gain

A "split-litter" technique was used with 19 litters of suckling piglets from birth to 5 weeks of age to determine the effects of providing creep-feed from 1 or 3 weeks compared with controls given no creep-feed. Measurements included growth, feed and water intake, hematocrit, carcass composition and trypsin and chymotrypsin activity of the pancreas and intestinal digesta from 3- and 5-week old piglets. Daily gain by piglets creep-fed at 1 week appeared to be greater than that by piglets creep-fed at 3 weeks. At 5 weeks, the hematocrit of control piglets was below that of those creep-fed from 1 week (P < 0.05) and 3 weeks of age, but the levels of all piglets were below the 1-week values. Early, compared with no creep-feeding increased by 12 and 3% the trypsin and decreased by 7 and 5% the chymotrypsin activities of the pancreas at 3 and 5 weeks of age, respectively. Creep-feeding increased the trypsin and chymotrypsin (P < 0.05) activity of the digesta from 5-week old piglets.

scholarly journals Special compound feeds and an immunostimulator to increase the live weight gain of suckling piglets

2021 ◽  
Vol 935 (1) ◽  
pp. 012017
Author(s):  
A Lavrentev ◽  
G Larionov ◽  
L Mikhaylova ◽  
L Zhestyanova ◽  
V Sherne
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Mixed Feed ◽  
Creep Feeding ◽  
Suckling Piglets ◽  
Weaning Piglets ◽  
Mixed Feeds ◽  
Supplemental Nutrients ◽  
Experimental Group

Abstract Sow milk is usually enough to meet the need for nutrients of three weeks age piglets. However from the beginning of life they need supplemental nutrients in the form of creep feeding. The objective of this study was to survey the usefulness of special mixed feeds (super starter, pre-starter, starter feeds) given as creep feeding and feeding to suckling pigs, as well as the use of immunostimulant for their health, better growth and development. The study showed that suckling pig fed with special super starter, pre-starter and starter mixed feed depending on age, as well as young animals additionally treated with intramuscular injected immunostimulant better by growth rate. The highest indicators for the live weight of piglets at the age of 60 days (weaning) and for the milk content of sows were in the experimental group, which was intramuscularly injected with an immunostimulator The highest live weight of (weaning) piglets aged 60 days was in treated groups.

Creep feeding status of piglets can be identified by an automatic marking device

2003 ◽  
Vol 2003 ◽  
pp. 104-104
Author(s):  
H. F. Lee ◽  
C. A. Morgan ◽  
M. C. Appleby ◽  
N. K. Waran
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Creep Feeding ◽  
Valid Method ◽  
Practical Standpoint ◽  
Suckling Piglets ◽  
On Farm

Creep food intake of suckling piglets varies considerably between individuals (Pajor et al., 1991). The creep feeding status of individual piglets can be monitored by video recording or by combining the weight of the food removed from the electronic dispensers with monitoring by video recording. However, the analysis of videotapes is time-consuming, which limits its widespread use on farm. From a practical standpoint, monitoring the food intake by piglets either before or after weaning is important to provide useful information for a management strategy. Therefore a general, quick and valid method to detect the food intake experience of piglets would be valuable and is needed. The aim of this investigation was to determine if a device that automatically spray-marked piglets at the trough could reliably identify those pigs that had foraged the food in the trough.

Effects of management options on creep feeding by piglets

1991 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Appleby ◽  
E. A. Pajor ◽  
D. Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
Food Presentation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Creep Feeding ◽  
Imitative Learning ◽  
Fresh Food ◽  
Average Intake ◽  
Access To Food

AbstractEffects of creep food presentation on feeding behaviour and intake were studied with eight litters of eight to 10 Yorkshire × Landrace piglets in the 3rd and 4th weeks after birth, before weaning at 4 weeks of age. In each week, four treatments were applied, each for 24 h: a single two-space feeder unchanged from the previous day; a clean feeder with fresh food supplied at 09.00 h; a clean feeder with fresh food supplied at three times during the day; and three feeders (six feeding spaces) providing increased access to food throughout the day. There were no significant differences between the first three treatments in time spent at the feeder (recorded by video over 24 h) or food intake of piglets. However, the fourth treatment increased average intake in week 3 to 2·1 times the average of the other treatments, and in week four to 1·4 times. In week 3, most piglets spent more time at the feeder when access was increased, while in week 4 the effect was restricted to piglets which ate very little. This suggested that imitative learning was important in the initiation of feeding. Analysis of both litter means and within-Utter variation showed that piglets which ate more solid food before weaning gained more weight in the 2 weeks after weaning. However, this correlation was confounded by correlations of both measures with birth weight and other variables. Causal links between creep feeding and post-weaning weight gain remain to be demonstrated.

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