Feed Intake Pattern of Group-Housed Growing-Finishing Pigs Monitored Using a Computerized Feed Intake Recording System

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1443-1451

  Hyun, Y ^a   Ellis, M ^a   McKeith, F K ^a   Wilson, E R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b GENUS PLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Feed Intake; Feeding Behavior; Growth; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

LYSINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIET; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LYSINE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE; SWINE;

EID: 0031154815     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7561443x     Document Type: Article

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