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Intermittent suckling with or without co-mingling of non-littermate piglets before weaning improves piglet performance in the immediate post-weaning period when compared with conventional weaning

BACKGROUND: In this experiment, intermittent suckling (IS) with or without the co-mingling (CoM) of piglets was studied as a method to stimulate solid feed intake and reduce post-weaning stress. METHODS: Three weaning regimes using 30 multiparous sows were compared: (1) conventional weaning (CW) (n ...

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Autores principales: Turpin, Diana L., Langendijk, Pieter, Plush, Kate, Pluske, John R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5273800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28149513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40104-017-0144-x