Normoxic Oxygen at Birth Enhances Piglet Growth and Survival Under Tropical Farm Conditions
Phoo Pwint Pwint Thu, Rafa Boonprakob, Padet Tummaruk, Roy Kirkwood, Nutthee Am-In · 2025
Read Normoxic Oxygen at Birth Enhances Piglet Growth and Survival Under Tropical Farm Conditions by Phoo Pwint Pwint Thu, Rafa Boonprakob, Padet Tummaruk, Roy Kirkwood, Nutthee Am-In (2025) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-12784919.txt.
Description
Phoo Pwint Pwint Thu and co-authors test oxygen support for newborn piglets in a 2025 farm study. Piglet deaths after birth remain a major problem in large litters, above all under tropical heat. Air in farrowing rooms can dip in oxygen during long births, leaving piglets short of breath.
The study covered 1,837 piglets from ninety-five sows. Litters were placed after birth in either a normal-oxygen chamber or plain ambient air. The team tracked colostrum intake, blood sugar, and survival to three days. Results bear on simple steps farms can take to save more piglets.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Phoo Pwint Pwint Thu, Rafa Boonprakob, Padet Tummaruk, Roy Kirkwood, Nutthee Am-In |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |