Economies of scale in the production of swine manure;Economias de escala na produção de dejetos de suínos

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-294

  Losinger, W C ^a   Sampath, R K ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Manure management; Pork production; Returns to scale; Swine; Waste production

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034557738     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-09352000000300019     Document Type: Article

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