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Does Nursing Behaviour of Sows in Loose-Housing Pens Differ from That of Sows in Farrowing Pens with Crates?

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Around birth and during lactation, sows are often confined to narrow farrowing crates in order to restrict their movements to prevent piglet crushing by sows. Since these housing systems are increasingly questioned for sow welfare reasons, more research is being carried out on altern...

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Autores principales: Wiechers, Dierck-Hinrich, Herbrandt, Swetlana, Kemper, Nicole, Fels, Michaela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8772559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35049760
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12020137