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Facial lesions in piglets with intact or grinded teeth

BACKGROUND: Piglets are born with eight sharp teeth that during nursing can cause facial lesions on littermates and teat lesions on the sow. Teeth grinding in piglets is therefore often practiced to reduce these lesions. The aim of this study was to assess the consequences of grinding piglet teeth i...

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Autores principales: Hansson, Monica, Lundeheim, Nils
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3366879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22480262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-54-23