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Evaluation of Foot and Claw Lesions and Claw Horn Growth in Piglets from Birth to End of Nursery

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Foot lesions of piglets are reported in several articles and might be linked to floor conditions or sow performance. Therefore, the present study evaluated claw horn growth and evaluated foot lesions and bruising from the day of birth until the end of the suckling period in three dif...

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Autores principales: Bernau, Maren, Meckel, Hannah, Dölle, Theresa, Scholz, Armin Manfred
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10668767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38003095
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13223477
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author Bernau, Maren
Meckel, Hannah
Dölle, Theresa
Scholz, Armin Manfred
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: Foot lesions of piglets are reported in several articles and might be linked to floor conditions or sow performance. Therefore, the present study evaluated claw horn growth and evaluated foot lesions and bruising from the day of birth until the end of the suckling period in three different genetic lines. Differences among genetic lines were detected. ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is to evaluate foot lesions and claw horn growth of piglets from the day of birth until the end of the suckling period and describe the prevalence and extent in three different genetic lines. Therefore, bruising, dorsal horn lesions, claw horn growth, and weight gain were evaluated five times during growth, starting with the day of birth (day 0 of life) and ending with the end of nursery (day 68 ± 2 of life). Totally, 74 piglets of three genetic lines (German Landrace × Large White; Piétrain × Piétrain-Duroc; pure German Landrace) were examined. Bruising and dorsal horn lesions reached maximum levels at day 7 (±1) of life (with up to 91% of piglets having bruising marks and up to 94.1% of piglets having dorsal horn lesions). Differences among genetic lines were detected, with German Landrace × Large White crossbreds showing the highest percentage of bruising, but Piétrain × Piétrain-Duroc crossbreds showed the highest score for dorsal horn lesions at day 0. Until weaning (day 28 ± 1), front feet were more affected by bruising than hind feet (70.3% of the front feet and 64% of the hind feet showed bruising), but at the end of nursery (day 68 ± 2), hind feet showed a higher percentage of affected feet than front feet (65.5% vs. 41.3%). Several factors affect bruising scores in piglets, including body weight, age at examination, litter size, sex, parity, breed, and claw horn length. Additionally, significant differences for claw horn length were detected among the genetic lines from birth to end of nursery.
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spelling pubmed-106687672023-11-10 Evaluation of Foot and Claw Lesions and Claw Horn Growth in Piglets from Birth to End of Nursery Bernau, Maren Meckel, Hannah Dölle, Theresa Scholz, Armin Manfred Animals (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: Foot lesions of piglets are reported in several articles and might be linked to floor conditions or sow performance. Therefore, the present study evaluated claw horn growth and evaluated foot lesions and bruising from the day of birth until the end of the suckling period in three different genetic lines. Differences among genetic lines were detected. ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is to evaluate foot lesions and claw horn growth of piglets from the day of birth until the end of the suckling period and describe the prevalence and extent in three different genetic lines. Therefore, bruising, dorsal horn lesions, claw horn growth, and weight gain were evaluated five times during growth, starting with the day of birth (day 0 of life) and ending with the end of nursery (day 68 ± 2 of life). Totally, 74 piglets of three genetic lines (German Landrace × Large White; Piétrain × Piétrain-Duroc; pure German Landrace) were examined. Bruising and dorsal horn lesions reached maximum levels at day 7 (±1) of life (with up to 91% of piglets having bruising marks and up to 94.1% of piglets having dorsal horn lesions). Differences among genetic lines were detected, with German Landrace × Large White crossbreds showing the highest percentage of bruising, but Piétrain × Piétrain-Duroc crossbreds showed the highest score for dorsal horn lesions at day 0. Until weaning (day 28 ± 1), front feet were more affected by bruising than hind feet (70.3% of the front feet and 64% of the hind feet showed bruising), but at the end of nursery (day 68 ± 2), hind feet showed a higher percentage of affected feet than front feet (65.5% vs. 41.3%). Several factors affect bruising scores in piglets, including body weight, age at examination, litter size, sex, parity, breed, and claw horn length. Additionally, significant differences for claw horn length were detected among the genetic lines from birth to end of nursery. MDPI 2023-11-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10668767/ /pubmed/38003095 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13223477 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Evaluation of Foot and Claw Lesions and Claw Horn Growth in Piglets from Birth to End of Nursery
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Foot and Claw Lesions and Claw Horn Growth in Piglets from Birth to End of Nursery
title_short Evaluation of Foot and Claw Lesions and Claw Horn Growth in Piglets from Birth to End of Nursery
title_sort evaluation of foot and claw lesions and claw horn growth in piglets from birth to end of nursery
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10668767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38003095
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13223477
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