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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |