Factors affecting preweaning piglet mortality: part 1
Pigs are polytochous animals, which means they produce multiple piglets in one farrowing. This evolutionary strategy is called “parental optimism” and it allows the dam to produce more offspring than what is required for its replacement (Mock and Forbes. 1995).
29 April 2020
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| References | ||||
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| Edwards, Sandra & Baxter, Emma. | ||||
| (2015) | Piglet mortality: Causes and prevention.. The Gestating and Lactating Sow. | 253-278 | ||
| Mock, D.W. and Forbes, L.S., | ||||
| (1995) | The evolution of parental optimism.. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 1 | 0: 130-134. | ||
| Herpin, P., Le Dividich, J. and Amaral, N., | ||||
| (1993) | Effect of selection for lean tissue-growth on body-composition and physiological-state of the pig at birth.. Journal of Animal Science 7 | 1: 2645-2653 |
