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Relationships between litter size, sex ratio and within-litter birth weight variation in a sow herd and consequences on weaning performance
Routine selection for litter size has resulted in an increase in the proportion of lightweight piglets. There is a need to balance prolificacy with litter uniformity to maximize profit. A total of 3,465 piglets from 310 litter records obtained from 2016 until 2019 at the Pig Industry Board research...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8447497/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34549167 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tas/txab132 |