Preweaning mortality in group-housed lactating sows: Hormonal differences between high risk and low risk sows

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2603-2611

  Phillips, C E ^a,e   Farmer, C ^b   Anderson, J E ^c   Johnston, L J ^c   Shurson, G C ^a   Deen, J ^a   Keisler, D H ^d   Conner, A M ^d   Li, Y Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e Murphy Brown LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Group farrowing; Maternal hormones; Piglet mortality; Sow

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PREGNANCY; SUCKLING ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; FEMALE; HORMONES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; PARTURITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SWINE;

EID: 84901610052     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2014-7624     Document Type: Article

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