New tool predicts Piglet´s Nursing Ability
Published: October 5, 2012
Summary
Unlike humans, when pigs are born, they enter the world without any immunity against foreign elements like disease-causing pathogens. Their chance for survival relies heavily on getting enough colostrom—a milk-like substance produced by mammals after giving birth.
Newborns that fail to nurse and receive colostrum from the sow within the first 24 hours usually die. That's because piglets ...
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Goland
16 de octubre de 2012
The article it's very interesting!! but from my point of view it's is no so practical to use in a big breeding farm.
Kind regards.
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