Pig Feeding Management May
Cut Reproductive Problems
DES MOINES, lowa Strate
gies to improve feed intake by
sows in early weaning systems
may help them avoid reproduction
problems, according to University
of Minnesota research.
“In an effort to become more
productive, U.S. pork producers
have been using early weaning
systems to eliminate some dis
eases and improve breeding pro
ductivity,” said University of
Minnesota animal scientist Yuzo
Kokelsu. “But as producers have
moved to shorter lactation times
for their sows, they’re seeing a re
duction in reproductive perform
ance.”
Koketsu explained that many
pork producers now wean piglets
when they are 14 to 19 days old.
Traditionally, producers wean
piglets when they are 21 to 28
days old. In a study of more than
10,000 sows from 16 commercial
hog farms, Koketsu found that as
producers weaned piglets at a
younger age, sows took longer to
become pregnant again and pro
Spurge Scourge To Cattle Feed
DES MOINES, lowa Re
searchers at South Dakota State
University want to turn range
ruining weed into cow feed.
The researchers are testing sil
age made from leafy spurge, a
noxious weed that costs ranchers
millions of dollars each year be
cause it crowds out other range
plants and cattle refuse to eat it.
“We thought that making silage
out of it might make it more ac
ceptable to the cattle,” noted Jill
Heemstra, the SDSU graduate re
search assistant who conducted
the study. The researchers theor
ized that the microbes that cause
chopped forage to ferment into sil
age might also break down the
components of spurge that are so
repugnant to livestock.
Heemstra found that when en
zymes were added to the silage to
enhance breakdown of cellulose in
the forage, cattle preferred that
Eddy
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Penny Eddy of Smethport has
been elected co-chairman of the
Pennsylvania Rural Development
Council (PRDQ, a statewide or
ganization which seeks to expand
economic opportunities for the
commonwealth's rural residents.
Eddy has served on the Council
since 1992 and became a member
of the organization’s executive
committee a year ago. The organi
zation is one of a number of
boards, commissions, and other
bodies under the jurisdiction of
the executive offices of the
governor.
“I know that Penny will make a
significant contribution to the
Rural Development Council and
Pennsylvania’s 3.7 million rural
residents,” said Governor Tom
Ridge after Eddy’s election. ‘The
Rural Development Council pro
vides my Administration with
valuable advice and guidance as
we seek to develop policies to ad
vance the well being of our rural
citizens.”
PRDC is a collaborative part
nership among private and non
profit sector representatives and
local, state, and federal govern
ment agencies. Although its prin
cipal focus is on economic devel
opment. the Council pursues its
duced smaller litters. The study
also showed that when producers
managed their pigs to maximize
feed intake, the effect of early
weaning on reproduction neatly
disappeared.
He presented results of the re
search to more than 1,000 re
searchers and extension special
ists gathered for the joint Midwest
meeting of the American Dairy
Science Association and the
American Society of Animal Sci
ence in Des Moines. The research
was recognized at the meeting
with a National Pork Producers
Council Innovation Award for ap
plied research.
“Age of the sow, time of year, fortable in warm weather,
genetics, litter size and number of Koketsu also notes that to maxi
previous litters all have an impact mize a sow s reproductive per
on reproductive performance in formance, piglets should not be
early weaning systems,” Koketsu weaned until they arc at least 14
noted. “But the results of this stu- days old, especially in the spring
dy indicate that optimizing feed and summer. “Also, the sow herd
intake is the most significant man- should be dominated by stable and
agement step producers can take mature sows because first-litters
to alleviate, at least in part, the sows have a higher risk of having
negative effects of weaning age on reduced farrowing rates,” he said.
spurge silage over any other
spurge silage made with other ad
ditives. Spurge silage was ignored
by the cattle except when mixed
with silage made from other
plants. When mixed at a rate of 20
percent with oat silage, cattle ate
enough of the mix to maintain
their body weight
“We’re not sure yet why the
cattle had such a strong preference
for the silage made with
enzymes,” Heemstra said. A
chemical analysis of spurge is
planned to try to identify the com
pounds that cause cattle to avoid
leafy spurge. “Those compounds
may be hidden in some fraction of
the plant. By enhancing the break
down of the plant material, we
may be releasing those com
pounds and allowing them to She presented the results of the
break down," she said. research at the joint Midwestern
Although cattle fed the spurge meeting of the American Society
silage suffered from scours, tissue of Animal Science and the Ameri
and blood tests and an examina- can Dairy Science Association in
tion of the digestive tract revealed Des Moines.
Elected Co-Chair
work in a holistic,fashion, seeking
to build communities as well as
economic opportunities.
As co-chairman of the Council,
Eddy will help guide projects
which include increasing value
added processing and manufactur
ing using Pennsylvania-produced
agricultural and forest products,
assuring that rural areas have full
access to evolving telecommuni
cations and information technolo
gy applications, and providing
adequate levels of investment
capital to rural businesses.
Eddy serves as executive dine
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subsequent farrowing rates.”
He explained that sows often
reduce feed intake at weaning in
response to the reduced demand
for energy that milk production re
quires.
To improve feed and energy in
take during and after lactation,
Koketsu recommends keeping
room temperature at about 66 de
grees beginning a week after birth
and avoiding overfeeding of preg
nant sows. He suggests that fat
should be added to feed for Isolat
ing sows to increase energy den
sity during hot weather. Also, drip
coolers and metal or concrete
floors will help keep sows com-
no toxins or damage that could be
attributed to spurge. That seems to
contradict a suspicion that cattle
avoid the plant because it irritates
their digestive systems, Heemstra
said. Scours could be attributed to
components in spurge that disrupt
the digestive microbes located in a
cow’s first and largeststomach,
the rumen.
“Cattle appear to avoid spurge
because of a learned, aversive be
havior, not because the plant is
toxic,” she said.
Heemstra says the results of the
research are preliminary, but en
couraging. “The research suggests
that we could make leafy spurge
much more palatable for cattle and
eliminate many of problems,” she
said.
tor of the McKean County Hous
ing and Redevelopment authori
ties. She joined the agencies in
1973 and was elevated to the posi
tion of executive director in 1980.
She also serves on Pennsylvania’s
Community Development Block
Grant Advisory Board, the board
of directors of the Pennsylvania
Association of Housing and Re
development Authorities, the exe
cutive committee of the McKean
County Cooperative Extension
Advisory Committee, and numer
ous other organizations.
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