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Effect of within-litter birth weight variation after cross-fostering on piglet preweaning growth and mortality

Cross-fostering is commonly used in commercial swine production to equalize litter sizes and/or adjust piglet birth weights within litters. However, there is limited published information on optimum cross-fostering procedures. This study evaluated the effects of within-litter birth weight variation...

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Autores principales: Vande Pol, Katherine D, Bautista, Rafael O, Harper, Heath, Shull, Caleb M, Brown, Catherine B, Ellis, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8552483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34723136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tas/txab039