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Feed intake of the sow and playful creep feeding of piglets influence piglet behaviour and performance before and after weaning

Creep feed intake is variable and may be partly homeostatically and exploratory driven. We studied effects of maternal feed restriction and a ‘play-feeder’ on piglet behaviour and performance. 37 Litters received creep feed in a conventional (CON) or play-feeder (PL) and their sows were full-fed (FF...

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Autores principales: Middelkoop, Anouschka, Costermans, Natasja, Kemp, Bas, Bolhuis, J. Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6834851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31695101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52530-w