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Influence of birth order, birth weight, colostrum and serum immunoglobulin G on neonatal piglet survival

BACKGROUND: Intake of colostrum after birth is essential to stimulate intestinal growth and function, and to provide systemic immunological protection via absorption of Immunoglobulin G (IgG). The birth order and weight of 745 piglets (from 75 litters) were recorded during a one-week period of farro...

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Autores principales: Cabrera, Rafael A, Lin, Xi, Campbell, Joy M, Moeser, Adam J, Odle, Jack
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/PMC3541264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-1891-3-42