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Sow-Piglet Nose Contacts in Free-Farrowing Pens
Animals, 2019 Nose contact is a frequent form of social behaviour in pigs, but the motivational reasons underlying this behaviour remain unclear. We investigated the frequency, direction and type of sow−piglet nosing behaviour and its association with sow and ...
Katrin Portele +6 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017 Postpartum dysgalactia syndrome (PPDS) and locomotory disorders are common health problems in sows. Previous research suggests that they can cause substantial losses, reduce sow welfare, and result in premature removal of the sow from the herd.
Jarkko K. Niemi +4 more
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Animal, 2019 Understanding how critical sow live-weight and back-fat depth during gestation are in ensuring optimum sow productivity is important. The objective of this study was to quantify the association between sow parity, live-weight and back-fat depth during ...
A. Lavery +5 more
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Alternative farrowing systems: design criteria for farrowing systems based on the biological needs of sows and piglets [PDF]
Animal, 2011 The construction of a suitable farrowing environment is a continuing dilemma: the piglet’s needs must be matched with those of the sow and the farmer during the main phases that constitute farrowing: nest building, parturition and lactation. Difficulties
E.M. Baxter, A.B. Lawrence, S.A. Edwards
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Animal, 2019 Nurse sow strategies are used to manage large litters on commercial pig farms. However, new-born piglets transferred to nurse sows in late lactation might be compromised in terms of growth and survival.
O. Schmitt +3 more
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mSystems, 2021 Although the direct effects of dietary fiber on gut microbiota composition have been studied extensively, systematic evaluation of different fiber sources on gut health and inflammatory responses of sows and their offspring has rarely been conducted ...
Boshuai Liu +10 more
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Quantifying the impact of land degradation on crop production: the case of Senegal [PDF]
Solid Earth, 2016 Land degradation has been a persistent problem in Senegal for more than a century and by now has become a serious impediment to long-term development.
B. G. J. S. Sonneveld +2 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 The present study evaluated the effects of betaine addition in sow and piglet's diets on growth performance, plasma hormone, and lipid metabolism of Bama mini-pigs.
Yating Cheng +10 more
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CAT-CBAM-Net: An Automatic Scoring Method for Sow Body Condition Based on CNN and Transformer
Sensors, 2023 Sow body condition scoring has been confirmed as a vital procedure in sow management. A timely and accurate assessment of the body condition of a sow is conducive to determining nutritional supply, and it takes on critical significance in enhancing sow ...
Hongxiang Xue +6 more
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Applied Water Science, 2022 During the production from shale oil formations, the produced water has been dedicated to different procedures such as chemical enhanced oil recoveries, drilling mud making (e.g., for various purposes of lubrication and cooling) and hydraulic fracturing.
Zeqi Wang +6 more
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