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A water dispenser modified to promote water use by piglets in the first days after birth
Authors: P.A. Phillips and D. Fraser
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Published in: CBE Journal » CBE Journal Volume 31 (1989)
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Description: Piglet water dispensers were modified by adding a plastic hose and a small aquarium air pump so that the water surface bubbled constandy. One bubbling dispenser and one unmodified ' 'con trol' ' dispenser were provided to each of 32 litters of piglets. Water use and piglet weight gains were monitored for the first 2 d after birth. On average, the piglets used about twice as much water from the bub bling dispenser (115 g/d per piglet) as from the control (51 g/d per piglet). Piglets with low body weight gains during the 48 h (likely reflecting inferior milk supply by the sow) drank considerable amounts of water beginning on the first day after birth, mostly from the bub bling dispenser. Litters with large weight gains drank relatively little on day 1, but showed greater use of the bubbling dispenser by day 2. The bubbling dispenser promotes early water use by piglets and may help to prevent dehydration in cases where the sow's initial milk supply is inadequate.
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Citation: P.A. Phillips and D. Fraser 1989. A WATER DISPENSER MODIFIED TO PROMOTE WATER USE BY PIGLETS IN THE FIRST DAYS AFTER BIRTH. Canadian Agricultural Engineering 31(2):175-177.
Volume: 31
Issue: 2
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Date: 1989
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Description: Piglet water dispensers were modified by adding a plastic hose and a small aquarium air pump so that the water surface bubbled constandy. One bubbling dispenser and one unmodified ' 'con trol' ' dispenser were provided to each of 32 litters of piglets. Water use and piglet weight gains were monitored for the first 2 d after birth. On average, the piglets used about twice as much water from the bub bling dispenser (115 g/d per piglet) as from the control (51 g/d per piglet). Piglets with low body weight gains during the 48 h (likely reflecting inferior milk supply by the sow) drank considerable amounts of water beginning on the first day after birth, mostly from the bub bling dispenser. Litters with large weight gains drank relatively little on day 1, but showed greater use of the bubbling dispenser by day 2. The bubbling dispenser promotes early water use by piglets and may help to prevent dehydration in cases where the sow's initial milk supply is inadequate.
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Citation: P.A. Phillips and D. Fraser 1989. A WATER DISPENSER MODIFIED TO PROMOTE WATER USE BY PIGLETS IN THE FIRST DAYS AFTER BIRTH. Canadian Agricultural Engineering 31(2):175-177.
Volume: 31
Issue: 2
Pages -
Contributor:
Date: 1989
Technical field:
Conference name:
Session name:
Other information:
Type: Text.Article
Format: PDF
Publication type:
Source:
Relation:
Coverage: Canada
Language 1: en
Language 2:
Rights: Canadian Society for Bioengineering
Notes:
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