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1969; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 151; Swine; Anemia; Iron
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Methods Of Preventing Baby Pig Anemia Compared (1969), B A. Koch, Robert H. Hines
Methods Of Preventing Baby Pig Anemia Compared (1969), B A. Koch, Robert H. Hines
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Anemia as it most frequently occurs in baby pigs usually is caused by an iron deficiency. Iron stored in a baby pig is extremely limited and is quickly used to produce hemoglobin to maintain oxygen-carrying capacity in the blood. Supplemental iron is needed almost immediately since the quantity of iron received from sow's milk is extremely small.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, September 25, 1969