Space Allowance for Gestating Sows in Pens

Neither floor space in group-housed pregnant sows nor the stall environment was adequate for sow well-being, according to University of Illinois researchers studying behaviour, cortisol and immune responses. However, they remarked on the sows' abilities to evoke the appropriate responses needed to adapt to their environment.
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