Growth Performance of Pigs Subjected to Multiple Concurrent Environmental Stressors

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 721-727

  Hyun, Y ^a   Ellis, M ^a   Riskowski, G ^a   Johnson, R W ^a  

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

Author keywords

Environment; Feed Intake; Growth; Performance; Pigs; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CROWDING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CROWDING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOYBEANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032011739     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.763721x     Document Type: Article

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