Reproductive performance of purebred swedish landrace and swedish yorkshire sows: I. Seasonal variation and parity influence

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-216

  Tummaruk, P ^a   Lundeheim, N ^a   Einarsson, S ^a   Dalin, A M ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 0003202507     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647000750014331     Document Type: Article

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