Dietary fibre for gestating sows: effects on parturition progress, behaviour, litter and sow performance

In pig production, parturition progress is a key event for sow’s reproductive performance, evaluated by piglet survival and piglets’ performance. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of feeding a high-fibre (HF) diet during gestation on parturition progress and reproductive performanc...

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Main Authors: R. Guillemet, A. Hamard, H. Quesnel, M.C. Père, M. Etienne, J.Y. Dourmad, M.C. Meunier-Salaün
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731107000110