Development of a Novel Vaginal Drug Delivery System to Control Time of Farrowing and Allow Supervision of Piglet Delivery

• Main Authors: Sophia A. Ward (Author), Roy N. Kirkwood (Author), Kate J. Plush (Author), Sadikalmahdi Abdella (Author), Yunmei Song (Author), Sanjay Garg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The swine industry has evolved significantly in the recent decades, but this has come at considerable expense to piglet survival. Breeding sows for greater prolificacy has been accompanied by a greater proportion of piglets being born underweight, of lower vigor, and higher susceptibility to early m...