Relationships between Feed Intake Traits, Monitored Using a Computerized Feed Intake Recording System, and Growth Performance and Body Composition of Group-Housed Pigs

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1717-1725

  Hyun, Young ^a   Ellis, Mike ^a  

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

Author keywords

Body Composition; Feed Intake Pattern; Growth; Swine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034359606     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.1717     Document Type: Article

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