Session 27. Early life of piglets

Date: 26 August ‘08; 08:30 - 12:30 hours
Chairperson: Torrallardona (ES)

Theatre Session 27

• Relevance of purebred information for predicting genetic merit of survival at farrowing of crossbred piglets
  Cecchinato, A., G. De Los Campos, D. Gianola, L. Gallo and P. Carnier
• Updating genetic parameters for piglet survival
  Rutten, M.J.M., E.F. Knol and D. Roelofs-Prins
• Causes of death of piglets in three types of farrowing pens
  Schwarz, C., M. Koller, J. Troxler and J. Baumgartner
• Impact of gut microbiota on development of the immune system in the pig gut
  Mulder, I., B. Schmidt, B. Gill, C. Stokes, M. Lewis and D. Kelly
• Effect of fermented liquid feed on the performance of weaned piglets
  Missotten, J.A.M., W. Willems, J. Michiels, S. De Smet and N.A. Dierick
• Effect of electro-activated water on litter size of sows and development of piglets during weaning period.
  Willeke, H., B. Hahn and M. Lechner
• EFSA Scientific Opinion on tail biting in pigs and possible means to reduce the need for tail docking
  Ribó O.

Poster Session 27

• The effect of the growth environment of suckling piglets on their further growth intensity
  Juskiene, V. and R. Juska
• Effect of supplementing sows diets with vitamin Ε on performance and on immune response of suckling piglets
  Maglaras, G.E., I. Siozos, I.A. Skoufos, A. Tzora and G. Vatzias
• Relationship between sows’ behaviour and crushing piglets
  Wischner, D., B. Hellbrügge, E. Stamer, U. Presuhn and J. Krieter