title: Einfluss von mykotoxinbelastetem Streustroh auf die Fruchtbarkeit  von Zuchtsauen
creator: Gutzwiller, Andreas
creator: Gafner, Jean-Louis
subject:  Pigs
subject:  Production systems
subject:  Health and welfare
description: The effect of bedding straw contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxins (1.4 mg/kg deoxynivalenol  (DON) and 0.9 mg/kg ZON; median values) on the fertility of group housed  sows with daily access to pasture was tested using 48 sows kept on contaminated and  48 control sows kept on uncontaminated straw from mating until farrowing. No abortions  were observed. The contaminated straw neither influenced the pregnancy rate nor  the number and weight of the newborn piglets. DON up to 1.4 mg/kg and ZON up to  0.9 mg/kg in bedding straw seem to have no negative effects in sows having access to  roughage such as pasture grass. Straw without signs of deterioration, even if it may be  contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxins, is a suitable bedding material for pregnant  sows, and its use is to be encouraged to improve animal welfare.
date: 2009
type: Conference paper, poster, etc. 
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://orgprints.org/13968/1/Gutzwiller_13968.pdf
identifier: Gutzwiller, Andreas and Gafner, Jean-Louis (2009) Einfluss von mykotoxinbelastetem Streustroh auf die Fruchtbarkeit von Zuchtsauen. 10. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau, Zürich, 11.-13. Februar 2009.
relation: http://orgprints.org/13968/