One Is the Coldest Number: How Group Size and Body Weight Affect Thermal Preference in Weaned Pigs (3 to 15 kg)
Housing pigs within their thermal comfort zone positively impacts productivity and performance. However, fundamental information on behavioral thermoregulatory responses of individual and group-housed pigs is meager. As a gregarious species, pigs prefer to be near one another, touching and often hud...
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MDPI AG
2021-05-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/5/1447 |