Comparison of observed and simulated grow-finish swine performance under summer conditions

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 419-423

  Turner, L W ^a,b   Bridges, T C ^a,b   Coffey, R D ^b   Gates, R S ^a,b   Parker, G R ^b   Brown Brandl, T M ^a,b   Overhults, D G ^a,b  

^a ASAE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Modeling; Pigs; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032117449     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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