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Effects of Birthweight of Piglets in a Multi-Suckling System on Mortality, Growth Rate, Catch-Up Growth, Feed Intake and Behaviour

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Multi-suckling systems aim to improve animal welfare, but in these systems, a large variation is seen in piglet growth rate. This study investigated relationships between birthweight and growth rate, and other piglet traits in this system, and studied if specific traits are indicativ...

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Autores principales: Tang, Tianyue, Gerrits, Walter J. J., van der Peet-Schwering, Carola M. C., Soede, Nicoline M., Reimert, Inonge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9855195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36670837
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13020297