Additional feeding during late gestation improves initial litter weight of lactating sows exposed to high ambient temperature
ABSTRACT The present study investigated the impacts of additional feeding (AF; containing 16% excess feed than control diet in the last two weeks of gestation) during late gestation period and different backfat thickness (BFT) including low (<20 mm) and high (≥20 mm) backfat on reproductive perfo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
2019-10-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982019000100522&tlng=en |