{"id":19102,"date":"2017-05-08T13:37:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T19:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/?p=19102"},"modified":"2017-05-08T13:37:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T19:37:27","slug":"sow-productivity-determinants-of-lactation-success-in-primiparous-sows-banff-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/sow-productivity-determinants-of-lactation-success-in-primiparous-sows-banff-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Sow Productivity, Determinants of lactation success in primiparous sows -Banff 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing a gilt for a successful first lactation will benefit lactation performance in subsequent parities and thus the producers bottom line. Nathalie Trottier discussed several determinants of a successful first lactation.<\/p>\n<p>Maximizing feed intake during lactation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Setting body condition scores for gilts entering the breeding herd and monitoring body condition during gestation<\/li>\n<li>Feeding multiple times a day during gestation to encourage them to stand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Increasing fiber intake during gestation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improves gut fill and satiety during a time where gilts should be feed restricted on a calorie basis<\/li>\n<li>reduces risk of endotoxin build up whioch inhibits the secretion of prolactin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Increasing feed frequency during lactation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3-4 times per day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Increasing the length of the lactation period<\/p>\n<p>Maximizing mammary glad use<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nursing all of the available glands is crucial during the first lactation<\/li>\n<li>Cross fostering if needed to meet each teat<\/li>\n<li>Shown to improve teat function in future lactations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Selection for udder conformation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>14-16 well defined functional teats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Preventing teat injury<\/p>\n<p>Stimulating mammary cellular activity and growth<\/p>\n<p>Dealing with contamination<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gilts are more sensitive to ergot contamination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sow-productivity-banff-2.pdf\">Sow productivity banff\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing a gilt for a successful first lactation will benefit lactation performance in subsequent parities and thus the producers bottom line. Nathalie Trottier discussed several determinants of a successful first lactation. Maximizing feed intake during lactation Setting body condition scores for gilts entering the breeding herd and monitoring body condition during gestation Feeding multiple times [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16108,19,930],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nutrition-pork-insight-articles","category-pork-insight-articles","category-production"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19102","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=19102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19103,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19102\/revisions\/19103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}