Effects of Individual vs Group Penning on the Performance of Weanling Pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1457-1461

  Bustamante, M ^a,b   Jesse, G W ^a,b   Becker, B A ^a,c   Krause, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Anim Sci Dept

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Feed Intake; Individual Feeding; Pigs; Weight Gain

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS; SWINE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS; SWINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030183868     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7471457x     Document Type: Article

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