Measuring changes in physical size and predicting weight of sows during gestation

Changes in physical body size during gestation were monitored using 529 sets of sow measurements. All sows were from the same herd and production system with a range in parity from 1 to 8. Sows were individually weighed, P2 backfat thickness was determined by ultrasound and morphometric measurements...

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Main Authors: M.K. O’Connell, P.B. Lynch, S. Bertholot, F. Verlait, P.G. Lawlor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731107000559