Irish Veterinary Journal

Table 1 Summary of farm details.

From: A survey of bone integrity from cull sows in Ireland

Farm	Number of sows	Housing	Diet type	Diet	Breed^y	Phytase
A	880	Stalled	Wet	Purchased	LW × LR	None
B	420	Stalled	Wet	Purchased	LW × LR	None
C	550	Stalled	Wet	Home	LW × LR	None
D	2600	Loose	Wet	Home	LW × LR	None
E	2000	Stalled	Wet	Home	LW × LR	None
MP^z	270	Stalled	Wet	Home	LW × LR	Included
F^x (Loose)	300	Loose	Dry	Purchased	LW × LR	None

^zMP = Moorepark Research Farm
^yLW = Large White LR = Landrace
^xLoose housed in groups of 100
^wNumber of sows refers to the number of breeding sows normally kept on farm

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ISSN: 2046-0481

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