The ability of different thermal aids to reduce hypothermia in neonatal piglets

We investigated whether hypothermia in newborn piglets could be reduced by applying different thermal aids. The experiment was performed on 150 newborn piglets from 24 sows. Right after birth, the piglets were moved to a wire mesh cage for the first 2 h of life where they experienced 1 of 7 differen...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of animal science 2016-05, Vol.94 (5), p.2151-2159
Hauptverfasser:	Pedersen, L J, Larsen, M L V, Malmkvist, J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Animals, Newborn Birth Weight Body Temperature Female Floors and Floorcoverings Heating Housing, Animal Hypothermia - prevention & control Hypothermia - veterinary Swine Swine Diseases - prevention & control Temperature
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