Effect of season (summer vs. fall) and diet nutrient density on performance and carcass characteristics of growing-finishing swine

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 807-811

  Myer, Robert O ^a   Bucklin, Ray A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Nutrition; Pigs; Season; Thermal environment

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FLOORS; NUTRITION;

DIETARY NUTRIENT DENSITY;

AGRICULTURE;

FARM ANIMAL;

DIET; PIG;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036590358     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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