farrow
Example Sentences
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Sows can legally be kept in a "farrowing crate" for up to five weeks.
From BBC
EIP Manufacturing is a steel fabricator that specializes in making products for the hog industry, including gating, flooring, gestation stalls and farrowing crates.
From Washington Times
“About 50 of them all piled into a farrowing house, immediately the sows are jumping up and down,” Hook said.
From Fox News
In these systems sows often live the majority of their lives in gestation or farrowing crates that don’t allow them to get up or turn around.
From The Guardian
After sows give birth, farms that use confinement usually put them in slightly larger farrowing stalls, which give them enough room to lie down and nurse their piglets.
From Washington Times
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