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Effect of leaving piglets in the farrowing rooms post-weaning and mixing pre-weaning on piglet performance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2017
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The stress caused by weaning piglets is known to have a serious detrimental effect causing a growth check, increased aggression leading to skin lesions and reducing future performance potential. Previous work (Allen et al., 2000) has shown that mixing piglets pre-weaning can improve post-weaning performance and reduce skin lesions caused by fighting without detrimental affects on pre-weaning performance and behaviour. The aim of this experiment was to assess the effect of changing the post-weaning environment on piglet performance.
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