IMPACT OF EARLY-LIFE CHANGES ON PIGS’ HEALTH, GROWTH AND WELFARE IN A COMMERCIAL FARM
Résumé
In pig husbandry, weaning is a stressful period, critical for piglets that are abruptly separated from their mother and
mixed with unfamiliar congeners in an unknown environment. This often leads to conflicts for the establishment of
a novel hierarchy. Piglet growth is consequently slowed down at this period and the risk of gastrointestinal disease
and associated mortality is increased. In this context, this project aimed at comparing, in a conventional commercial
farm, the consequences of alternative rearing conditions, compared to standard ones, on pigs’ health, performances
and welfare, from day 10 to slaughter.
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