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Characteristics of Piglets Born by Two Highly Prolific Sow Hybrids

High piglet mortality constitutes a welfare challenge in Danish organic pig production with almost one in three piglets dying before weaning. Piglet characteristics such as birth weight, rectal temperature and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) affect piglet survival. Due to differences in breed...

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Autores principales: Schild, Sarah-Lina Aagaard, Foldager, Leslie, Rangstrup-Christensen, Lena, Pedersen, Lene Juul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7326779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32671111
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00355