Anemia in Suckling Pigs
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1949
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This paper reviews a study on the effects of feeding supplemental iron to sows during the gestation period was started during the spring of 1945. It has been observed at these three stations that the feeding of copper resulted in more vigorous thriftier pigs and usually delayed the onset of anemia and decreased the death loss of pigs between birth and weaning.
The original work was begun following. During the spring of 1948, 26 sows bred for spring farrow were used to determine to what extent increasing the amount of supplement feed would result in increased hemoglobin level in the sows.