Marius Muntean, Denisa I Tarpian, Florin Muselin, Loredana Văduva, Ioan Petroman

Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2023. Vol. 106, no 3. Р. 46-55.

 

Original article

doi:10.33284/2658-3135-106-3-46

 

Influence of sow management and nutrition on the number of weaned piglets and meat production

 

Marius Muntean1, Denisa I Tarpian2, Florin Muselin3, Loredana Văduva4, Ioan Petroman5

1,2,3,4,5 University of Life Sciences “King Michel I” from Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania

1 marius.prod@yahoo.com, https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8938-0405

2 denisatarpian97@yahoo.com, https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7676-7017

3 florin.muselin@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2907-4233

4 loredana_heber@yahoo.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0332-8381

5 i_petroman@yahoo.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1979-4368

 

            Abstract. The normal evolution of the puerperium in sows is influenced by the quality of nutrition, microclimate factors in the housing, movement, and pathogens, which have a major impact on the production performance of sows and piglets and on reproductive indicators by increasing the number of non-productive days because of the absence of oestrus. Integrated management allows farms to adapt their production to market needs and consumer preferences by controlling the nutrition of lactating and pregnant sows to maintain body condition and production constancy, ensuring fat reserves from the perspective of microclimate factors and energy consumption for the full expression of the genetic value of sows, the manifestation of heat throughout the whole period of the year, the reduction of non-productive days, and the increase of individual piglet productions. For an efficient meat production and for quick possibilities to adapt the flows of obtaining meat to the needs of the market, it is necessary to follow, along the meat chain, the reduction of the service period, the improvement of the reproduction management in sows, the increase of the number of piglets per sow by reducing the number of non-productive days, the feeding of sows according to physiological conditions, and the control of microclimate factors to ensure animal welfare.

            Keywords: sows, nutrition, management status, piglets, meat

            For citation: Muntean М, Tarpian DI, Muselin F, Văduva L, Petroman I. Influence of sow management and nutrition on the number of weaned piglets and meat production. Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2023;106(3):46-55. https://doi.org/10.33284/2658-3135-106-3-46

 

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Information about the authors:

Marius Muntean, PhD student, Faculty of Agricultural Management, University of Life Sciences "King Michael I" from Timisoara, 300645, Timisoara, Romania, Calea Aradului 119.

Denisa I Tarpian, PhD student, Faculty of Agricultural Management, University of Life Sciences "King Michael I" from Timisoara, 300645, Timisoara, Romania, Calea Aradului 119.

Florin Muselin, PhD, DVM, MS, Associate Professor, Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences “King Michel I of Romania” from Timisoara, 300645, Timisoara, Romania, Calea Aradului 119.

Loredana Văduva, Lecturer, Faculty of Agricultural Management, University of Life Sciences "King Michael I" from Timisoara, 300645, Timisoara, Romania, Calea Aradului 119, tel.: +40-256-277-444.

Ioan Petroman, Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Management, University of Life Sciences "King Michael I" from Timisoara, 300645, Timisoara, Romania, Calea Aradului 119.

 

The article was submitted 07.08.2023; approved after reviewing 29.08.2023; accepted for publication 11.09.2023.

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