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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2019
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| 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 |