Effects of Nutrition During Gilt Development on Lifetime Productivity of Sows of Two Profile Maternal Lines
Differences in litter performance between genetic lines do not appear to be due to gilt management. Dietary energy restriction during the gilt development period positively affects litter weaning weight. By Phillip S. Miller, Rodger K. Johnson, Roman Moreno, Matthew W. Anderson, Jeffery M. Perkins, Donald R. McClure, Thomas McGargill1. Published in the Nebraska Swine Report.
4 April 2008
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