A case for size and shape scaling for understanding nutrient use in breeding sows and growing pigs

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-208

  Whittemore, C T ^a   Schofield, C P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Nutrition; Shape; Size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033837496     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00136-0     Document Type: Review

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