The flexibility of feeding patterns in individually housed pigs

Animal Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 457-469

  Bornett, H L I ^a   Morgan, C A ^b   Lawrence, A B ^b   Mann, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Pigs; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034195863     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135772980005181X     Document Type: Article

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