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Swine management errors.

H M Wallace
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Management errors can affect all aspects of swine herd health. Inadequate feed, malfunctioning equipment, poor ventilation, low or high environmental temperature, inappropriate groupings, and rough handling all contribute to low productivity. Management errors can contribute to scours and pneumonia outbreaks, reproductive failure, accidental deaths and poor feed conversion.

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H M Wallace. 1984. Swine management errors.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6727859/

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