Performance of a Swedish deep-bedded feeder pig production system in Iowa

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 50-56

  Honeyman, M S ^a   Kent, D ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative swine production; hoop structures; livestock bedding; straw bedding; sustainable livestock systems; swine housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004146343     PISSN: 08891893     EISSN: 14785498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0889189300008900     Document Type: Article

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