project - Research and innovation
Pigbalance
Pigbalance
Objectives
The project will take place on the teaching and research farm Medau belonging to the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria (140 sows, 720 growing pigs, 600 fattening pigs).
Objectives
The project will take place on the teaching and research farm Medau belonging to the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria (140 sows, 720 growing pigs, 600 fattening pigs).
Activities
The aim of the project is to examine the influence of various factors onto health status and well-being of sows and suckling piglets.
- assessment of different feed compositions, energy and feeding volume onto the duration of farrowing and the incidence of milk deficiency
-assessment of the effect of a controlled separation of piglets from sow after farrowing and first colostrum intake onto piglet losses, provision of immunoglobulins and clinical health parameters of sows and piglets
-assessment of the effect of yeast 1-3 und 1-6 ?-glucans onto the immune system of the sow, the proportion of still-born piglets and birth weight
-assessment of the effect of prebiotics and immunomodulatory substances onto milk production, piglet losses and piglet body weights at weaning
-assessment of the impact of parenteral antibiotic metaphylaxis onto development of active immunity against facultative pathogenic microorganisms as well as onto gut microbiota.
Activities
The aim of the project is to examine the influence of various factors onto health status and well-being of sows and suckling piglets.
- assessment of different feed compositions, energy and feeding volume onto the duration of farrowing and the incidence of milk deficiency
-assessment of the effect of a controlled separation of piglets from sow after farrowing and first colostrum intake onto piglet losses, provision of immunoglobulins and clinical health parameters of sows and piglets
-assessment of the effect of yeast 1-3 und 1-6 ?-glucans onto the immune system of the sow, the proportion of still-born piglets and birth weight
-assessment of the effect of prebiotics and immunomodulatory substances onto milk production, piglet losses and piglet body weights at weaning
-assessment of the impact of parenteral antibiotic metaphylaxis onto development of active immunity against facultative pathogenic microorganisms as well as onto gut microbiota.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Other public (national, regional) research funds
- Agricultural sectors
- Pigs
€ 50000
Total budget
Total contributions including EU funding.
Project keyword
Contacts
Project coordinator
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Project coordinator
Project partners
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University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria: Institute of Milk Hygiene, Milk Technology and Food Science
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University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria: Institute of Animal Husbandry and Animal Welfare
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University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria: Institute of Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds
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University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany: Institute of Microbiology
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SVA, National Veterinary Institute, Sweden: Department of Virology, Immunobiology and Parasitology
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