Abstract

This reviews research focused to understand the nutrient requirement and balance to meet the needs of fetal growth, mammary growth, and milk production. This summary will handle how feeding strategies can be adjusted according to the nutrient needs for a sow to enhance productivity and health. Most research data used in this summary are based on the studies conducted by the authors between 1996 and 2013. Nutrient requirements of sows are affected by stage of gestation and parity of sows. Dietary antioxidant concentrations need to be re-evaluated for its sufficiency in sow diets especially to prevent excessive oxidative stress during late gestation and lactation. When feeding sows, consideration of phase feeding of gestating sows and parity feeding of lactating sows could enhances production longevity and health of sows. Use of selected nutrients and additives seems to help productivity and health of sows.

Details

Title
Improving efficiency of sow productivity: nutrition and health
Author
Kim, Sung Woo 1 ; Weaver, Alexandra C 1 ; Shen, Yan Bin 1 ; Zhao, Yan 1 

 North Carolina State University, Department of Animal Science, Raleigh, USA (GRID:grid.40803.3f) (ISNI:0000000121736074) 
Pages
26
Publication year
2013
Publication date
Dec 2013
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
16749782
e-ISSN
20491891
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2788416543
Copyright
© Kim et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.