Effects of food level and straw bedding during pregnancy on sow performance and responses to an ACTH challenge

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-57

  Spoolder, Hans A M ^a,b   Burbidge, Jackie A ^a,b   Edwards, Sandra A ^b   Simmins, P Howard ^b,c   Lawrence, Alistair B ^b  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Food level; Sows; Straw

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002645839     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(96)01397-8     Document Type: Article

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