Posture and behavior of sows in lactating maintained under conditions of high environmental temperature

The behavior of twenty-three hybrid lactating sows from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th parity orders maintained in a warm environment was evaluated during the four periods of Day 17 of lactation (6 to 12 a.m. (P1), 12 a.m. to 6 p.m. (P2), 6 p.m. to 12 p.m. (P3), and 12 p.m. to 6 a.m. (P4)). The frequency...

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Main Authors: Rômulo Menna Barreto Valença, José Humberto Vilar da Silva, Alberto Neves Costa, Terezinha Domiciano Dantas Martins, Jorge Vitor Ludke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2008-12-01
Series:Biotemas
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Online Access:http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume214/p137a145.pdf