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Training gilts to use a feeder station [PDF]
Group housing of dry sows is compulsory in Europe from 2013 onwards. Many pig farmers who still have to convert to group housing fear the resulting demand on their ability to interact with individual animals.
Spoolder, H.A.M. +3 more
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Adding fat to sow lactation diets: effect on sow and litter performance [PDF]
An on-farm experiment was conducted utilizing 189 sows to evaluate the effect of adding 396 soybean oil to the lactational diet on subsequent pig performance and sow weight loss.
Jim L Nelssen +11 more
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Temporary versus permanent crating: free movement of mother sow enhances piglet play behaviour
Farrowing crates drastically restrict behavioural opportunities for lactating sows. Temporary crating (TC) systems restrain the sow for the first few days after farrowing and then allow free sow movement in the farrowing pen for the rest of lactation. TC
M. Špinka +4 more
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The objective of this paper was to estimate the heritability for shoulder ulcers and the genetic correlations between shoulder ulcers, mean piglet weight and sow body condition.
H. Lundgren +6 more
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Sow I. Problèmes de méthodologie générale de la recherche en psychologie de l'enfant dans les pays non occidentaux. In: Enfance, tome 33, n°4-5, 1980. Congrès international de psychologie de l'enfant.
Sow, I., I. Sow
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Young cowboy displaying sow at Batesville Livestock Showhttps://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/ua-photo-collection/9306/thumbnail ...
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Survival analysis of culling reasons and economic examination of production period in sow culling [PDF]
The culling of the sows is an important task of the breeders and farmers, besides it is a determining factor of profitable pork production. During our research we have surveyed the data of 1969 sows in a Hungarian large-scale pig farm.
Balogh, Peter +2 more
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Factors Influencing Sow Culling [PDF]
Poor sow longevity in commercial pork production systems can lead to economic inefficiency and animal welfare concerns (Stalder et al., 2004). The reported average parity of cull sows in the U.S. is 3.8 (PigCHAMP, 2001, 2002, 2003).
Karriker, L. +6 more
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Sow gestation housing systems and sow longevity
Anil, Leena; Anil, Sukumarannair; Baidoo, Samuel. (2009). Sow gestation housing systems and sow longevity.
Anil, Leena +2 more
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