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Colostrum Feeding in Piglets

Essential Guides on Swine Health and Production

Luis Sanjoaquín and Walter Hurley

Edra Publishing, 82 pages, 2020

Swine

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Paperback$43.99ISBN 9788417640224

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About this book

Part of the Essential Guides on Swine Health and Production series, this book details the physiological mechanisms of colostrum formation, its nutritional and immunological composition, and the transfer of passive immunity. It provides practical farm management strategies, including split-nursing and colostrum banking, to address the challenges of larger litter sizes and lower birth weights in modern swine production.

What it covers

1 INTRODUCTION; 2 PHYSIOLOGY OF COLOSTRUM PRODUCTION (Colostrum formation and secretion, Colostrum production, Colostrum composition)

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