20.500.12556/DKUM-66957 A note on precise tracking of suckling position by piglets Piglets establish a relatively stable teat order after the first week of lactation, when each piglet chooses a preferred teat or teat pair where they tend to suckle permanently. The mechanism underlying the choice that leads each piglet to the same suckling position is still not clarified. In the present case study, piglets with different preferred suckling positions (anterior, posterior) were transferred to a foster sow after completion of the regular 4 weeks of lactation by their biological mother. For both sows, which were identical based on parity, litter size and farrowing date, we examined the suckling positions of the experimental piglets. Piglets occupied exactly the same suckling positions on both sows. Thus, piglets precisely track positions on the mammary complex of a sows udder even when previously learned discriminable stimuli have been changed, such as odours, tastes, morphologies (of sows udder or the sow itself), vocalizations, and neighbouring littermates. Our observation indicates that the spatial configuration of the mammary complex, which is determined by two parallel rows of teats arranged in pairs, can hypothetically be proposed as an important cue for piglet suckling orientation. Therefore, additional attention should be given to the exact spatial position of piglets (and vacant positions) on the mammary complex of biological and foster mothers in order to reduce stress from cross-fostering, which is standard practice in contemporary piglet production. piglets teat order suckling orientation mammary complex spatial configuration pujski vrstni red seskov orientacija pri sesanju usmerjenost mlečne žleze prostorska konfiguracija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2017-07-20 13:05:56 2017-07-20 13:07:10 2022-08-01 13:23:22 2019-07-11 15:18:10 2014 0 0 str. 1-7 št. 11 Letn. 57 2014 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0003-9438 636.4.082.35 25003008 3718956 10.7482/0003-9438-57-011 0003-9438 URN:SI:UM:DK:H0N6MIF3 Archives_Animal_Breeding_2014_Skok,_Skorjanc_A_note_on_precise_tracking_of_suckling_position_by_piglets.pdf Archives_Animal_Breeding_2014_Skok,_Skorjanc_A_note_on_precise_tracking_of_suckling_position_by_piglets.pdf 1 9F5E6159DF633A47180118B1DD38E60D 27cc376f1b10eb6013a78ebc6c43ba2e45c1bc0cb851110671ce8fd6c7387c94 6fd59b78-7c0e-11eb-bb7a-00155d0001ca 20.500.12556/dkum/b0250236-bd0e-4439-af6a-3c19ef9c2f33 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=114404 http://archtierz.fbn-dummerstorf.de/content/2014/abs2014.html#A11 1 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=114403 Fakulteta za kmetijstvo in biosistemske vede 0 0 0