Mortality Causes of Piglets in the first Week After Birth
Authors
André Santiago
Universidade Federal do Ceará /Centro de Ciências Agrárias / Departamento de Zootecnia
Luiz de Carvalho
Universidade Federal do Ceará /Centro de Ciências Agrárias / Departamento de Zootecnia
Francisco Bastos
Universidade Federal do Ceará /Centro de Ciências Agrárias / Departamento de Zootecnia
Keywords:
suckling, maternity, swine
Abstract
An experiment was carried out to evaluaíe causes of rnortality in pigleís in the first week of life. Thirty six deliveries with a total of 369 live piglets were studied. H was observed, based on means, íhal 84 % of the mortaliíy in those studied occurred in the first four days after delívery. The three main causes of moríaliíy (84, 34 %) were crushing, low nutriíion leveis and splayed legs.
