Risk Factors Associated with the Occurrence of the Second-Litter Syndrome in Sows in Southeastern Mexico

The objective was to estimate the incidence of and to determine the effect of some risk factors on the decrease of litter size at parity 2 of sows in three commercial farms in Yucatan, Mexico. Data on 8,592 farrowing records of 4,296 sows were analyzed using a binomial logistic regression procedure....

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Main Authors: José C. Segura Correa, Alejandro Alzina-López, Ronald H. Santos-Ricalde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/969620