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Rearing in female-only groups and dietary mineral supplementation improves sow welfare in the early parities and lifetime performance

The lifetime performance of commercial sows relies on longevity, which is dependent on good health and reproductive performance. However, there is a high rate of wastage of sows in the early parities, which is influenced by the way they are managed and housed during rearing. This study investigated...

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Autores principales: Hartnett, Phoebe, Boyle, Laura A, O’Driscoll, Keelin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7745001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33367220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tas/txaa176