Interaction of swine nursery and grow-finish space allocations on performance

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1967-1972

  Brumm, M C ^a   Ellis, M ^b   Johnston, L J ^c   Rozeboom, D W ^d   Zimmerman, D R ^e   Arthur, R D ^f   Carter, S ^f   Christenson, R K ^f   Christianson, L ^f   Harmon, J D ^f   Hines, R H ^f   Jones, D D ^f   Leibbrandt, V D ^f   Libal, G W ^f   Mayrose, V B ^f   Moeller, S J ^f   Richert, B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Haskell Agricultural Laboratory ^*

Author keywords

Mixing; Pigs; Spacing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; SWINE;

EID: 0035430317     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.7981967x     Document Type: Article

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