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Publication Date: November 21, 2011
Reference: livestockwelfare,com Research Watch Jan. 2012
Country: Canada
Summary:
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A study was done to find out how a sows early life growth rate and feed intake was passed on to the sows offspring in the grower-finisher stages. The results found that sow traits have an effect on offspring but not enough to explain the vast differences in growth rate and feed intake bewteen pigs.