1. Influence of the breeding environment factors on the number of the weaned piglets
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Juraj Mlynek, Eva Mlyneková, Ivan Imrich, and Ján Guranič
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Litter (animal) ,business.industry ,Microbial diversity ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Biology ,Crossbreed ,Animal science ,Environmental temperature ,Weaned piglets ,Weaning ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Livestock ,Reproduction ,business ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Food Science ,media_common - Abstract
Article Details: Received: 2020-10-22 | Accepted: 2020-11-27 | Available online: 2021-01-31 https://doi.org/10.15414/afz.2021.24.mi-prap.131-134 A prerequisite for the successful pig breeding isthe achievement of high reproductive performance, which can be influenced by several environmental factors. Therefore, the aim of our research was to assess the impact of the season, microclimatic indicators and technology of housing of the lactating sows on the number of the weaned piglets in the litter. The experiment was performed on a production farm in Slovakia and a total of 800 litters were evaluated. The results have shown that the season had a statistically significant effect on the number of the weaned piglets ( p more...
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- 2021
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