Survey of management and housing in farrowing quarters among independent and integrated swine farms in Québec

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-28

  Ravel, André ^a   D'Allaire, Sylvie ^a   Bigras Poulin, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; QUEBEC; SWINE;

EID: 0029680229     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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