Pre- and Post-Weaning Piglet Performance, Sow Food Intake and Change in Backfat Thickness in a Group-Housing System for Lactating Sows

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-133

  Hutten, F ^a   Lundeheim, N ^a   Dalin, A M ^a   Einarsson, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

feeding; mortality; weight

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY; SUCKLING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; WEANING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEANING;

EID: 0030631814     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03548514     Document Type: Article

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