Influence of colostrum intake on piglet survival and immunity

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1605-1612

  Devillers, N ^a,b,c   Le Dividich, J ^a,b   Prunier, A ^a,b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

birth weight; colostrum intake; immunoglobulin G; mortality; piglet

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053091594     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173111100067X     Document Type: Article

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