A Single Dose of Fat-Based Energy Supplement to Light Birth Weight Pigs Shortly After Birth Does Not Increase Their Survival and Growth

SIMPLE SUMMARY: In modern piggeries, due to the increase in litter size (number of piglets born alive), the number of piglets born at a low birth weight (typically under 1.0 kg) is increasing. Those piglets have a lower chance of survival because of their lower body energy reserves, and therefore ar...

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Autores principales: Schmitt, Océane, Baxter, Emma M., Lawlor, Peadar G., Boyle, Laura A., O’Driscoll, Keelin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6562461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31075904
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9050227

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6562461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31075904
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9050227

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