Effects of environmental enrichment and loose housing of lactating sows on piglet performance before...
Effects of environmental enrichment and loose housing of lactating sows on piglet performance before and after weaning1
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Champaign: Oxford University Press
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English
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Champaign: Oxford University Press
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We investigated effects of loose housing of the sow during lactation and enrichment of the pen pre- and postweaning on performance of newly weaned piglets. Before weaning, piglets (n = 320) were housed in an enriched (straw, wood shavings, peat, and branches) or barren pen with a confined or loose-housed sow (n = 32). Loose-housed sows and their pi...
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Effects of environmental enrichment and loose housing of lactating sows on piglet performance before and after weaning1
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_762742460
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_762742460
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0021-8812
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1525-3163
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10.2527/jas.2010-2940
