Group size and floor-space allowance can affect weanling-pig performance

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2062-2067

  Wolter, B F ^a   Ellis, M ^a   Curtis, S E ^a   Parr, E N ^b   Webel, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b JBS United   (United States)

Author keywords

Floor Space; Group Size; Pigs

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; WEANING;

EID: 0034242724     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.7882062x     Document Type: Article

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