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Iron treatment of pregnant sows in a Danish herd without iron deficiency anemia did not improve sow and piglet hematology or stillbirth rate

BACKGROUND: Anemia characterized by low hemoglobin concentration (HbC) is common in indoor housed pregnant sows. Iron is essential for hemoglobin synthesis and a number of metabolic processes including DNA synthesis and regulation of enzyme systems. In sows, anemia has been linked to lower HbC in pi...

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Autores principales: Bhattarai, Sheeva, Framstad, Tore, Nielsen, Jens Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6902466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31818315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-019-0497-6