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Measuring birth weight and umbilical cord diameter at birth to predict subsequent performance in swine

In the swine industry, pre-weaning mortality, umbilical hernia incidence and pig market weight are a few contributing factors affecting profitability and welfare on farm. Therefore, the ability to reliably predict any of these outcomes is valuable to swine operations. Mortality during the pre-weanin...

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Autores principales: Fordyce, Amanda L, Hines, Elizabeth A, Edwards, Erika M, Plaengkaeo, Suppasit, Stalder, Kenneth J, Colpoys, Jessie D, Bundy, Jennifer M, Johnson, Anna K, Tyler, Howard D
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/PMC7780433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33426477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tas/txaa214