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The biological stress of early weaned piglets
Pigs experience biological stress such as physiological, environmental, and social challenges when weaned from the sow. The process of weaning is one of the most stressful events in the pig’s life that can contribute to intestinal and immune system dysfunctions that result in reduced pig health, gro...
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BioMed Central
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3651348/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23631414 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-1891-4-19 |
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author | Campbell, Joy M Crenshaw, Joe D Polo, Javier |
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description | Pigs experience biological stress such as physiological, environmental, and social challenges when weaned from the sow. The process of weaning is one of the most stressful events in the pig’s life that can contribute to intestinal and immune system dysfunctions that result in reduced pig health, growth, and feed intake, particularly during the first week after weaning. Technological improvements in housing, nutrition, health, and management have been used to minimize some of the adverse effects of weaning stress, but a greater understanding of the biological impact of stress is needed to improve strategies to overcome weaning stress. The focus of this review paper is to briefly describe how the biological stress associated with weaning impacts intestinal morphology, structure, physiology, and intestinal immune responses that can impact subsequent production efficiencies such as growth, intake, morbidity, and mortality. |
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spelling | pubmed-36513482013-05-11 The biological stress of early weaned piglets Campbell, Joy M Crenshaw, Joe D Polo, Javier J Anim Sci Biotechnol Review Pigs experience biological stress such as physiological, environmental, and social challenges when weaned from the sow. The process of weaning is one of the most stressful events in the pig’s life that can contribute to intestinal and immune system dysfunctions that result in reduced pig health, growth, and feed intake, particularly during the first week after weaning. Technological improvements in housing, nutrition, health, and management have been used to minimize some of the adverse effects of weaning stress, but a greater understanding of the biological impact of stress is needed to improve strategies to overcome weaning stress. The focus of this review paper is to briefly describe how the biological stress associated with weaning impacts intestinal morphology, structure, physiology, and intestinal immune responses that can impact subsequent production efficiencies such as growth, intake, morbidity, and mortality. BioMed Central 2013-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3651348/ /pubmed/23631414 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-1891-4-19 Text en Copyright © 2013 Campbell et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Campbell, Joy M Crenshaw, Joe D Polo, Javier The biological stress of early weaned piglets |
title | The biological stress of early weaned piglets |
title_full | The biological stress of early weaned piglets |
title_fullStr | The biological stress of early weaned piglets |
title_full_unstemmed | The biological stress of early weaned piglets |
title_short | The biological stress of early weaned piglets |
title_sort | biological stress of early weaned piglets |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3651348/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23631414 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-1891-4-19 |
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