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Reproduction of group-housed sows

The sow is a social animal in her behavior throughout the reproductive cycle. An exception to her preference for being a part of a social group occurs one to two1–2 d days prior to farrowing, when she separates from her group and seeks for isolation in order to build up a nest. She then spends the f...

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Autores principales: Peltoniemi, Olli, Björkman, Stefan, Maes, Dominiek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28405441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-016-0033-2