The effect of supplementing sow and piglet diets with different forms of iron

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of chelated iron supplementation on gestating and lactating sows and on their suckling and weaned piglets. Reproductive traits, piglet performance, hematological parameters, and the iron concentrations in colostrum, milk, and stillborn...

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Main Authors: Aliny Kétilim Novais, Caio Abércio da Silva, Rita de Kássia Silva dos Santos, Cleandro Pazinato Dias, Marco Aurélio Callegari, Eduardo Raele de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982016001000615&lng=en&tlng=en