Use of Caffeine and Inducing Parturition with Dual Administration of Prostaglandin F2α in Gilts and Its Effect on Neonatal Vitality and Performance at Birth
2025
Adrián Alejandro Corrales-Hernández | Herlinda Bonilla-Jaime | Héctor O. Orozco-Gregorio | Ofelia Limón-Morales | Luis Alberto de la Cruz-Cruz | Elías Chávez-Delgadillo | Patricia Roldán-Santiago
One of the principal problems in swine production is neonatal mortality, especially in primiparous sows. Caffeine has been shown to be an efficacious neonatal stimulant that reduces mortality while improving key metabolic indicators associated with hypoxic processes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of inducing parturition with a full dose (FD) (175 &mu:g) or split dose (SD) (87.5 + 87.5 &mu:g) of cloprostenol (PGF2&alpha:), with and without the administration of a single dose of caffeine (420 mg), on the vitality, clinical status, surface temperature, and weight at weaning of neonate pigs. In this experiment, the duration of farrowing was affected by the induction technique, as the PGF2&alpha: SD and PGF2&alpha: SD + caffeine treatment groups reduced this time by as much as 100 min compared to PGF2&alpha: FD and PGF2&alpha: FD + caffeine. The groups that received caffeine presented the best values for the indicators of the neonate performance, peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2), glucose, surface temperature at 24 h, and weight at 21 days, especially the PGF2&alpha: SD + caffeine group. PGF2&alpha: FD had the lowest neonate performance and metabolic variables. Inducing birth with PGF2&alpha: SD is more efficient, and adding caffeine improves the performance and metabolic variables of piglets born from primiparous sows.
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