The aim of this observational study is to identify risk factors associated with body weight
(BW) variability in three data sets (DS) in commercial conditions. A total of 1,009 (DS1), 460 …

This study compared the use of various models to describe growth in lambs of 2 contrasting
breeds from birth to slaughter. Live BW records (n= 7559) from 240 Texel and 231 Scottish …

Weaning is a critical transition phase in swine production in which piglets must cope with
different stressors that may affect their health. During this period, the prophylactic use of …

The Goettingen minipig developed at the University of Goettingen, Germany, is a special
breed for medical research. As a laboratory animal it has to be as small and light as possible …

The consequences of a low litter average birth weight phenotype for postnatal growth
performance and carcass quality of all progeny, and testicular development in male …

The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a nonpenetrating captive
bolt, Zephyr-E, for euthanasia of suckling and weaned pigs from 3 to 9 kg (5–49 d of age) …

Excessive dietary intake of fats and sugars (“Western diet”, WD) is one of the leading causes
of obesity. The consumption of the microalga Arthrospira platensis (spirulina, Sp) is …

Background This study focused on the dynamics of genome-wide effects on five milk
production and eight fertility traits as well as genetic correlations between the traits. For …

Frequent BW monitoring of growing pigs can be useful for identifying production (eg
feeding), health and welfare problems. However, in order to construct a tool which will …

Estimating the growth performance in pigs is important in order to achieve a high productivity
of pig farming. We herein analyze and verify the machine learning based estimations for the …