Behavior and Performance of Suckling Piglets Provided Three Supplemental Heat Sources

SIMPLE SUMMARY: To reduce the carbon footprint in swine production, researchers used heated mats powered by solar-energy to replace heat lamps in farrowing barns. This study evaluated electric-heated mat (EM), water-heated mat (WM), and infrared heat lamp (HL) systems as supplemental heat for piglet...

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Autores principales: Zhu, Yunhui, Li, Yuzhi, Reese, Michael, Buchanan, Eric, Tallaksen, Joel, Johnston, Lee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7401536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32645987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10071155

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7401536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32645987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10071155

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