| Author(s) |
Tabuaciri, Poasa
Bunter, Kim L
Graser, Hans
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| Publication Date |
2010
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| Abstract |
Pre-weaning mortality is a production and welfare problem for modern production systems. Approximately 10 to 35% (Tyler et al. 1990) of newborn piglets die within the first three weeks of life, with more than 50% of deaths in the first three to five days post-farrowing. The main causes of preweaning deaths are starvation and crushing (Alonso-Spilsbury et al. 2007) and both sow and piglet attributes are implicated. This paper explores novel traits recorded on the sow pre- and post-farrowing to establish which dam level factors are associated with mortality of a sow's biological piglets.
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| Citation |
Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
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| ISBN |
9783000316081
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| Language |
en
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| Publisher |
German Society for Animal Science
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| Title |
Dam Attributes And Postnatal Piglet Survival
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| Type of document |
Conference Publication
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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