Lunar influence on post-castration performance of baby piglet

In all studies, half of the boar piglets were castrated with lunar influence when the Three farrowing studies were conducted focusing on post-castration performance. Farmer's Almanac recommended and the remaining half when castration was not suggested. There was no difference in growth in the days following castration up to weaning in all three studies (n = 115). The results for thirty day nursery gains were inconclusive. There was a difference in the thirty days of nursery growth (P <0.05) favoring castration against the Farmer's Almanac recommendations in the first study, while study 2 favored castration with lunar influence during the thirty days of nursery growth (P <0.05). There was no difference in treatments in study 3. Piglets that were castrated with lunar influence maintained a body temperature more close to the ideal level in the first two studies while there was no difference in study 3. Study 1 found no difference in healing score while studies 2 and 3 favored castration with lunar influence. Recommendations would be to continue this study to determine if lunar influence affects nursery growth and to conduct this study on another species.