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Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Animal Welfare +8

Environmental and sow-related factors affecting the duration of farrowing

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Agriculture, Pasture Management, Forage Production +7

Influence of high ambient temperatures on performance of multiparous lactating sows.

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Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Dairy Science +16

Timing and causes of piglet mortality in alternative and conventional farrowing systems

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Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Lactation +14

Crushing of piglets by the mother sow (Sus scrofa)—purely accidental or a poor mother?

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Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Maternal Health +15