A survey of sow blood haemoglobin by parity in Western Australia
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2011
Conference Title
Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association
Place of Publication
Adelaide
ISBN
978-0-9806880-1-6
ISSN
1324 9177
Keywords
pigs, swine
Disciplines
Animal Sciences | Meat Science
Abstract
Piglet iron reserves at birth are determined by sow iron status (Capozzalo et al., 2009). Since the mineral status of sows has been shown to decline after the third parity (Peters and Mahan, 2008), it follows that piglets from older sows have lower stores of iron and may be at risk of anaemia in spite of routine supplementation at birth. The purpose of this study was to assess the iron status of a cross section of sow herds in Western Australia by parity, by measuring blood haemoglobin (HGB) using an Advia® 120 Haematology Analyser (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Deerfield, IL). It was hypothesised that sow HGB levels would decline with increasing parity.
Recommended Citation
Gannon, K M,
Frey, B,
Payne, H,
and
Mullan, B P.
(2011), A survey of sow blood haemoglobin by parity in Western Australia, Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Adelaide, pp.86-86.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/conf_papers/121
