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Animal Welfare and Economic Aspects of Using Nurse Sows in Swedish Pig Production
The number of born piglets per litter has increased in Swedish pig industry, and farmers are struggling to improve piglet survival. A common practice is to make litters more equally sized by moving piglets from large litters to smaller to make sure that all piglets get an own teat to suckle. Litter...
Autores principales: | Alvåsen, Karin, Hansson, Helena, Emanuelson, Ulf, Westin, Rebecka |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5770636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29376058 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00204 |
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