Effect of dispenser on water intake of pigs at weaning

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1471-1473

  Phillips, P A ^a   Phillips, M H ^a  

^a SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispenser; Pigs; Water; Weaning

Indexed keywords

WATER;

WEANING;

AGRICULTURE;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033201122     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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