Problems of nutrition and management of early-weaned piglets
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 September 2010
Extract
The potential advantages of early weaning have been listed by Dr Braude in his introduction. In practice, however, piglet mortality can reduce or eliminate these potential improvements in number of piglets per sow per year, and in overall efficiency of feed energy utilization for piglet production (Table 1).
- Type
- 53rd Meeting, London, 5 to 7 March 1971 Symposium: Artificial Rearing of Pigs
- Information
- Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1 , January 1972 , pp. 19 - 32
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- Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1972
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