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Amino acid supplementation counteracts negative effects of low protein diets on tail biting in pigs more than extra environmental enrichment
Low protein (LP) diets may increase the occurrence of damaging behaviours, like tail biting, in pigs. We investigated the effect of supplementing a LP diet with indispensable amino acids (IAA) or environmental enrichment on tail biting. Undocked pigs (n = 48 groups of 12) received either a normal pr...
Autores principales: | Minussi, Ilaria, Gerrits, Walter J. J., Jansman, Alfons J. M., Gerritsen, Rosemarijn, Lambert, William, Zonderland, Johan J., Bolhuis, J. Elizabeth |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10630283/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37935708 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45704-0 |
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