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US 6,178,921 B2Granted
Method of improving breeding conditions in newborn pigs
AssigneeL'Air Liquide
InventorsPhilippe Girardon, Patrick Herpin
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Abstract
Method of improving the breeding conditions for pigs, according to which the piglets are placed after birth in a closed or semiclosed chamber, a gaseous mixture containing oxygen is injected into the chamber, characterized in that the oxygen content of the gaseous mixture is between 25 and 50%.
Claims8
Method of increasing the survival rate of piglets comprising the steps of:
- placing piglets after birth in a closed or semiclosed chamber;
- injecting a gaseous mixture comprising a content of oxygen into the chamber;
- wherein the oxygen content of the gaseous mixture is between 30 and 50%.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.