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Gilt development to improve offspring performance and survivability

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This chapter reviews current knowledge on gilt development-related key management and nutritional strategies that improve longevity and their production, as well as enhance offspring performance an...
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This chapter reviews current knowledge on gilt development-related key management and nutritional strategies that improve longevity and their production, as well as enhance offspring performance and survivability.

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Price: £25.00
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publication Date: 07 May 2025
ISBN: 9781835454015
Format: eBook
BISACs:

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Animal breeding, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable agriculture
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  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Factors affecting gilt development: birth weight and litter of origin
  • 3 Colostrum and milk intake
  • 4 Weaning age
  • 5 Target weight
  • 6 Nutrition strategies during the growing phase
  • 7 Mammary development and feed management
  • 8 Space allowance and group size
  • 9 Boar exposure
  • 10 Flush-feeding
  • 11 Gestation feeding strategies
  • 12 Avoiding unsuckled mammary glands
  • 13 Heat stress
  • 14 Other environmental considerations
  • 15 Animalhuman interaction
  • 16 Conclusion
  • 17 Conflict of interest statement
  • 18 References