Dietary fibre for gestating sows: Effects on parturition progress, behaviour, litter and sow performance

Animal

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 872-880

  Guillemet, R ^a   Hamard, A ^a   Quesnel, H ^a   Pere M C ^a   Etienne, M ^a   Dourmad, J Y ^a   Meunier Salaun M C ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Fibre; Parturition; Primiparous sows; Reproductive performance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY FAT; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; ESTRUS; FEEDING; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; LACTATION; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RESTLESSNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOW (SWINE); STILLBIRTH; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VIDEORECORDING; WEANING;

SUIDAE;

EID: 34447636934     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107000110     Document Type: Article

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