Artificial Rearing Environment No Worse Than Sow Rearing for Pig Brain Development (IMAGE)

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Artificial Rearing Environment No Worse Than Sow Rearing for Pig Brain Development

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Using a newly developed pig brain atlas, University of Illinois researchers show no major differences in pig brain development between pigs in artificial rearing environments vs. sow rearing. The discovery has important implications for further laboratory-based testing of nutritional interventions and their effect on neurodevelopment.

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Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois

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