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. 2020 Aug 18;98(Suppl 1):S96-S106.
doi: 10.1093/jas/skaa140.

Management practices to optimize the parturition process in the hyperprolific sow

Olli Peltoniemi  1 , Claudio Oliviero  1 , Jinhyeon Yun  1 , Alexander Grahofer  2 , Stefan Björkman  1
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Management practices to optimize the parturition process in the hyperprolific sow

Olli Peltoniemi et al. J Anim Sci. .
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Relationship between litter size and duration of farrowing in 20 studies from 1992 to 2018 (Oliviero et al., 2019).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Mean duration of standing or locomotion, sitting, and sternal and lateral lying-down postures and mean number of postural changes per hour in 31 sows during the 2 h prior to onset of expulsion stage of parturition (a) and during the expulsion stage of parturition (b) for sows housed in closed or open farrowing crates (modified from Yun et al., 2019).
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Thermal image detecting skin temperature of newborn piglets receiving colostrum (right: 36.2 °C) or failing to reach the udder and ingest colostrum (left: 22.0 °C). Image taken by Jena G. Alexopoulos (Alexopoulos et al., 2018).
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