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Assessment of hypothermia in outdoor newborn piglets and comparison with an indoor system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

G.R. Riart ,
S.A. Edwards  and
P.R. English
G.R. Riart
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA, UK
S.A. Edwards
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA, UK
P.R. English
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA, UK
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In the last few years, there has been an increase in outdoor pig production in many countries. Outdoor herds, on average, are still less productive than indoor herds, often due to higher pre-weaning piglet mortality. Hypothermia is one of the most important underlying causes of piglet mortality in early post-natal life (English and Morrison, 1984). Although the extent of hypothermia suffered by the new-born piglet in an indoor system has been demonstrated (Pattison et al, 1990), no data of this kind are available regarding the outdoor situation. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the extent of hypothermia suffered by outdoor piglets at 30 and 60 minutes after birth, and to compare this with piglets born indoors.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2000 , 2000 , pp. 139
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2000

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