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A bio-economic simulation study on the association between key performance indicators and pluck lesions in Irish farrow-to-finish pig farms

BACKGROUND: Pluck lesions are associated with decreased performance in grower-finisher pigs, but their economic impact needs to be further investigated. This study aimed to identify the main pluck lesions and the cut-off value for their prevalence, associated with changes in average daily gain (ADG)...

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Autores principales: Calderón Díaz, Julia Adriana, Rodrigues da Costa, Maria, Shalloo, Laurence, Niemi, Jarkko K., Leonard, Finola Catherine, Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel, Gasa, Josep, García Manzanilla, Edgar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7724844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33298194
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-020-00176-w