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Effect of weaning age, mixing strategy and group size on the welfare and productivity of weaned pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

N.E. O’Connell ,
V.E. Beattie ,
D.J. Kilpatrick  and
N. Walker
N.E. O’Connell
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down, BT26 6DR, UK
V.E. Beattie
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down, BT26 6DR, UK
D.J. Kilpatrick
Affiliation:
Biometrics Division, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Belfast, BT9 5PX, UK
N. Walker
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down, BT26 6DR, UK
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Extract

Reduced welfare and productivity during the post weaning period continues to pose a problem for producers. It may be possible to reduce these problems by altering management practices. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of weaning age, mixing strategy and group size on the welfare and productivity of weaned pigs.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2002 , 2002 , pp. 37
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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