Impact of litter size on sow stayability in Swedish commercial piglet producing herds

BACKGROUND: Sows’ ability to produce an excessive amount of piglets has shaped modern piglet production and there has been a steady increase in litter size during the last decades. This development has caused some negative side-effects, such as an increase in the proportion of stillborn piglets, a d...

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Autores principales: Andersson, Emma, Frössling, Jenny, Engblom, Linda, Algers, Bo, Gunnarsson, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4875734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27207437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-016-0213-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4875734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27207437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-016-0213-8

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