Evaluation of space requirements for swine finishing feeders

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 395-398

  Korthals, R L ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b Osborne Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeder capacity; Feeders; Feeding behavior; Simulation model; Swine

Indexed keywords

FEEDER CAPACITY; FINISHING FEEDERS; MARKOV CHAIN MODEL; TIME LAPSE VIDEOS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VIDEO RECORDING;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034162083     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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