Increasing food intake in late gestation improved sow condition throughout lactation but did not affect piglet viability or growth rate

Animal Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-148

  Miller, H M ^a   Foxcroft, G R ^b   Aherne, F X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food intake; Lactation; Pregnancy; Sows

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034422147     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800054965     Document Type: Article

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