Group housing during gestation affects the behaviour of sows and the physiological indices of offspring at weaning

To compare the behaviour of sows and the physiological indices of their offspring in stall and group-housing systems, 28 sows were randomly distributed into two systems with 16 sows in stalls, and the other 12 sows were divided into three groups with four sows per pen. The area per sow in stalls and...

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Main Authors: Q. Zhou, Q. Sun, G. Wang, B. Zhou, M. Lu, J.N. Marchant-Forde, X. Yang, R. Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
sow
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731114001025