he experimental animals were 18 Cinta Senese sows (7 primiparous and 11 multiparous) and relative purebred offspring. Individual weight of piglets was recorded at birth (or shortly afterwards) to the nearest 50 g and subsequently every 3-5 days up to weaning. At each recording, piglets were ranked in decreasing order according to weight within their respective litters. The behavior of a subsample of 8 sows and litters was observed during suckling, by recording the teat-piglet coupling. The sows had 12 functional teats, equally distributed in the two symmetric rows, that were numbered as pairs in the antero-posterior direction. Starting from the third week, piglets of multiparous sows showed a faster growth rate than those of the primiparous ones. Repeatability of the piglets' weight during the suckling period was high (r = 0.56) and repeatability of rank was even higher, but decreased up to weaning. Anterior teats were the most occupied and showed the highest suckling fidelity (consistency of suckling position). Various statistical analyses about the dependence of piglet weight (or weight rank within litter) on teat order indicated the highest milk productivity of the first teats and the lowest of the 5th & 6th teat pairs.

Growth of Cinta Senese piglets as affected by location of the suckled teat / O. FRANCI; C. SARGENTINI; A. ACCIAIOLI; M. BIANCHI. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE. - ISSN 1594-4077. - STAMPA. - 1:(2002), pp. 281-290. [10.4081/ijas.2002.281]

Growth of Cinta Senese piglets as affected by location of the suckled teat

FRANCI, ORESTE;SARGENTINI, CLARA;ACCIAIOLI, ANNA;
2002

Abstract

he experimental animals were 18 Cinta Senese sows (7 primiparous and 11 multiparous) and relative purebred offspring. Individual weight of piglets was recorded at birth (or shortly afterwards) to the nearest 50 g and subsequently every 3-5 days up to weaning. At each recording, piglets were ranked in decreasing order according to weight within their respective litters. The behavior of a subsample of 8 sows and litters was observed during suckling, by recording the teat-piglet coupling. The sows had 12 functional teats, equally distributed in the two symmetric rows, that were numbered as pairs in the antero-posterior direction. Starting from the third week, piglets of multiparous sows showed a faster growth rate than those of the primiparous ones. Repeatability of the piglets' weight during the suckling period was high (r = 0.56) and repeatability of rank was even higher, but decreased up to weaning. Anterior teats were the most occupied and showed the highest suckling fidelity (consistency of suckling position). Various statistical analyses about the dependence of piglet weight (or weight rank within litter) on teat order indicated the highest milk productivity of the first teats and the lowest of the 5th & 6th teat pairs.
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