Colostrum intake: Influence on piglet performance and factors of variation

Livestock Science

Volumn 146, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 105-114

  Quesnel, Hélène ^a,b   Farmer, Chantal ^c   Devillers, Nicolas ^c  

^a PEGASE   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Colostrum intake; Colostrum yield; Maternal nutrition; Mortality; Piglets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860491582     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2012.03.010     Document Type: Review

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