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Feeding Pregnant Sows in Group Housing Systems

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The nutritional needs of the sow when she is housed under loose group housing systems during gestation require much further attention than when the sow is housed in stalls where individual feeding may be more closely monitored. The aim of this document is to update the information about the nutritional management of sows during gestation as the industry moves to group housing systems, together with the results and implications of some of the gestational nutritional studies conducted within the Pork CRC.

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