Mixing Sows into Alternative Lactation Housing Affects Sow Aggression at Mixing, Future Reproduction and Piglet Injury, with Marked Differences between Multisuckle and Sow Separation Systems

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Alternative lactation housing could reduce aggression when sows are mixed. We aimed to compare the effects of mixing sows during lactation (with or without piglets) at weaning and after insemination and determine the effects of mixing strategies and lactation housing on the piglet. S...

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Autores principales: Greenwood, Emma C., van Dissel, Jonathon, Rayner, Jessica, Hughes, Paul E., van Wettere, William H. E. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6770597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31491961
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9090658

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