Essays about: "allosuckling"

Found 1 essay containing the word allosuckling.

  1. 1. Cross-suckling when sows are group housed during lactation : associations with sow productivity and behaviour

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Terhi Alanko; [2012]
    Keywords : Cross-suckling; allosuckling; group housing; pig production; piglet; sow;

    Abstract : Cross-suckling, i.e. when an offspring nurses a female other than their own mother, occurs in pig production systems where sows are group housed during lactation. As production systems where several sows and their litters are housed together during lactation are getting more common, the need of knowledge regarding cross-suckling increases. READ MORE