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Consequences for Piglet Performance of Group Housing Lactating Sows at One, Two, or Three Weeks Post-Farrowing

Housing lactating sows with piglets in a multi-suckling pen from around 14 days post-farrowing is common practice in Swedish organic piglet production. However, nursing-suckling interaction is less frequent in multi-suckling pens than in individual farrowing pens, thus affecting piglet performance,...

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Autores principales: Thomsson, Ola, Sjunnesson, Ylva, Magnusson, Ulf, Eliasson-Selling, Lena, Wallenbeck, Anna, Bergqvist, Ann-Sofi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27258149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156581