Keywords
Swine day, 1979; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 80-136-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 371; Swine; Comingling pigs; Stress; Rate of gain; Feed eficiency
Abstract
Two trials were conducted to evaluate the management practice of comingling litters one week before weaning to help reduce weaning stress. Pigs which were comingled before weaning gained slightly faster the first two weeks after weaning than pigs mixed at weaning, but overall pig performance to 7 to 8 weeks of age was similar for rate of gain and feed efficiency.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 8, 1979
Recommended Citation
Thulin, A J. and Hines, Robert H.
(1979)
"Evaluation of comingling pigs before weaning to reduce weaning stress (1979),"
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports:
Vol. 0:
Iss.
10.
https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6037
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