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Identifying Risk Factors for Low Piglet Birth Weight, High Within-Litter Variation and Occurrence of Intrauterine Growth-Restricted Piglets in Hyperprolific Sows

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Piglet mortality is an ongoing concern for pig production worldwide. Piglets that have a low piglet birth weight (PBW), suffer from intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) or are born from litters with a high within-litter variation in PBW (CV(PBW)) have an increased risk of dying bef...

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Autores principales: Riddersholm, Kristina V., Bahnsen, Ida, Bruun, Thomas S., de Knegt, Leonardo V., Amdi, Charlotte
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8468730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34573697
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11092731