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Increasing daily feeding occasions in restricted feeding strategies does not improve performance or well being of fattening pigs

BACKGROUND: The natural feeding behaviour of the pig is searching for feed by rooting activities throughout the day; self-feeding pigs randomly space their eating and drinking periods throughout the day consuming ten to twelve meals per day. Pigs in conventional fattening pig production are normally...

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Autores principales: Persson, Eva, Wülbers-Mindermann, Margret, Berg, Charlotte, Algers, Bo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18577203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-50-24