The behaviour of pigs weaned at 12 and 21 days of age from weaning to market

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 517-523

  Gonyou, H W ^a   Beltranena, E ^a   Whittington, D L ^a   Patience, J F ^a  

^a PRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Behaviour; Pigs; Weaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032237550     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A98-023     Document Type: Article

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