Effects of regrouping, feeding and drinking methods on weight gain of weaned piglets

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 364-367

  Horvath G ^a   Jaczkòné Jarabin, Ilona ^b   Visnyei, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b Regional Laboratory of Virology   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DRINKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE; TIME; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; DRINKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034278930     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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