Preliminary Study: Depriving Piglets of Maternal Feces for the First Seven Days Post-Partum Changes Piglet Physiology and Performance before and after Weaning

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Coprophagy is the behavior of eating feces. This behavior has been reported in many animals, including pigs. We aimed to assess how coprophagy affects piglet behavior, physiology, and performance by depriving piglets of maternal feces for the first 7 d post-partum. Eight litters were...

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Autores principales: Aviles-Rosa, Edgar O., Rakhshandeh, Anoosh, McGlone, John J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6562806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31126021
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9050268

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6562806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31126021
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9050268

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