Intermittent suckling with or without co-mingling of non-littermate piglets before weaning improves piglet performance in the immediate post-weaning period when compared with conventional weaning
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- 作者：Diana L. Turpin ; Pieter Langendijk…
- 关键词：Behaviour ; Co ; mingling ; Intermittent suckling ; Piglet ; Weaning
- 刊名：Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：8
- 期：1
- 全文大小：516KB
- 刊物主题：Agriculture; Biotechnology; Food Science; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Animal Physiology;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：2049-1891
- 卷排序：8
文摘
BackgroundIn this experiment, intermittent suckling (IS) with or without the co-mingling (CoM) of piglets was studied as a method to stimulate solid feed intake and reduce post-weaning stress.