Floor Feeding Sows Their Daily Allocation over Multiple Drops per Day Does Not Result in More Equitable Feeding Opportunities in Later Drops

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Floor feeding is one of the cheapest and simplest methods of feed delivery for groups of commercial gestating sows, but results in high levels of competition for feed. Consequently, feed intake and weight gain are reduced for low-ranking sows in floor-feeding systems. More equitable...

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Autores principales: Verdon, Megan, Zegarra, Natalia, Achayra, Rutu, Hemsworth, Paul H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6025282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29874835
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani8060086

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6025282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29874835
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani8060086

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