{"id":19066,"date":"2017-05-05T13:46:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T19:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/?p=19066"},"modified":"2017-05-10T15:34:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T21:34:20","slug":"evaluation-of-the-optimal-space-allowance-for-nursery-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/evaluation-of-the-optimal-space-allowance-for-nursery-pigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluation of the optimal space allowance for nursery pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2 studies were preformed to determine the effects of space allowance and group size on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Piglet growth and feed efficiency<\/li>\n<li>Behaviour and welfare<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2.Compare the effects of <i>controlled studies <\/i><strong>(Phase 1)<\/strong><i>\u00a0<\/i>and <i>commercial trials <\/i><strong>(Phase 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In grow-finish pigs a <i>k<\/i> value (space allowance coefficient)\u00a0of 0.0335 is recommended below which productivity (ADG) decreases<\/li>\n<li>Relatively little is known about the effects of space allowance in nursery pigs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PHASE 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Lower space allowances resulted in pigs feeding more frequently and for a shorter duration, but did not have an obvious impact on growth or welfare<\/p>\n<p>-Pigs at higher space allowances had higher cortisol levels, possibly as a result of higher activity levels<\/p>\n<p>-Overlying was greatest at nursery entry and reduced over time<\/p>\n<p>\u2013No clear effect of density on growth<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Seasonal effects<\/p>\n<p>-limited effects found in PSC trials<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Some effects of space on behaviour<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Effects of group size on behaviour<\/p>\n<p><b>PHASE 2<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commercial trials show density effects on growth and behaviour<\/li>\n<li>General agreement with Code values<\/li>\n<li>ADG reduced at lower space allowances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Strathmore-RK-April-12.pdf\">2017 Strathmore RK-April 12<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 studies were preformed to determine the effects of space allowance and group size on: Piglet growth and feed efficiency Behaviour and welfare 2.Compare the effects of controlled studies (Phase 1)\u00a0and commercial trials (Phase 2) In grow-finish pigs a k value (space allowance coefficient)\u00a0of 0.0335 is recommended below which productivity (ADG) decreases Relatively little is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,931,930,928],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pork-insight-articles","category-prairie-swine-centre","category-production","category-welfare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19066"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19258,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19066\/revisions\/19258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}