Effects of housing conditions and glutamine levels on growth performance of post-weaning piglets
Published: August 25, 2017
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Introduction Currently in Brazil there are no standardized housing systems for weaned pigs, and therefore, a big range of different facilities are observed in pig farms. Although some studies have evaluated individual risk factors related to health status and growth performance (MORES et al., 1998; DALLA COSTA et al., 2000), studies regarding the evaluation of risk factors in housing conditio...
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
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PIG.dk
24 de septiembre de 2017
I do not understand the trial design you have applied. Is it correct that the space per pig was different in the two treatment groups; AD = 0.7 m2 and INAD = 1.4 m2 per pig?
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
27 de abril de 2020
Dear Steffen Hansen,
Yes, you are right. Not just space per pig but many other parameters were different because we were evaluation different housing systems, not specific features.
Thank you
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