Needle-free injection devices versus regular injection techniques for iron supplementation to piglets.

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Piglets are born with a small supply of iron; therefore they receive an iron injection when they are three days old. A needle-syringe device is commonly used in swine industry. Over the last years, the interest in newer techniques, like needle- free injection devices, has increased because of risk of disease transmission. There are no studies on the efficiency of needle-free injection with compressed gas. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of needle free injection of iron in newborn piglets. Nine piglets were selected. Randomly 3 piglets were assigned to each of the three groups. In every litter there were three groups. At three days of age, the first group received an iron injection with a syringe- injection device. The second group received an iron injection with a Needle-free device (MS Pulse©). The third group did not receive an iron injection. 
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\nThe results show that hemoglobin and hematocrit values are similar for syringe injection device g

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