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The impact of gestation sow housing system (individual vs. group) on the reproductive performance of sows & the effect of farrowing pen size on pre-weaning mortality
… 2 treatments, Individual and Group (8 females/pen) housing. The experimental unit was individual animal and a replicate was 16 females (1 group of 8 and 8 individually-housed). A total of 1325 females were allotted to treatment to produce 1695 individual records. Data was recorded for parity 0 …
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The impact of sow gestation housing system (individual vs. group) on the reproductive performance of sows across 6 parities & the effect of farrowing pen size on pre-weaning mortality
… the effects of gestation housing system and farrowing pen size, respectively, on sow and litter performance. The gestation housing system study used a randomized complete block design to compare 2 treatments: Individual and Group (8 females/pen) housing. The experimental unit was the …
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The hog situation in Dinwiddie County
… weight when bred. Then, from breeding time until farrowing time to insure the farrowing of large, strong, vigorous litters and from farrowing time until the pigs are weaned to insure a maximum flow of milk during the important nursing period. After the pigs are weaned they should be fed a well …