Essays about: "weigh-suckle-weigh"

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  1. 1. Piglets milk intake during nursing in sows treated with oxytocin

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

    Author : Elin Karlsson; [2017]
    Keywords : sow; oxytocin; milk stasis; piglet; weight changes; weigh-suckle-weigh; milk ejection; milk let down;

    Abstract : Milk ejection occurs in response to release of the hormone oxytocin from the pitui-tary, and this hormone is also used as treatment of milk stasis in sows in the Swe-dish piglet production. Today, there are few reports on the effect of oxytocin injec-tion on sow milk let down, piglet and sow nursing behaviour or piglet milk intake. READ MORE