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In a study piglet losses and vitality of piglets, as measured by daily gain, as indicators of well being, were investigated, using 2 farrowing facilities, namely standard farrowing pens and farrowing pens equiped with farrowing boxes. A total of 90 sows and 782 piglets were involved. The experimental results do not reveal any improvement in well being of the piglets as measured by mortality rate and daily gain due to a modification of the farrowing pen.
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Bekaert, H. (1983). Farrowing Accomodation And Losses, Vitality and Daily Gain of Piglets as Indicators of Well Being. In: Smidt, D. (eds) Indicators Relevant to Farm Animal Welfare. Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6738-0_23
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