Alternative housing systems for pigs: Influences on growth, composition, and pork quality

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1781-1790

  Gentry, J G ^a   McGlone, J J ^a,b   Blanton Jr , J R ^a   Miller, M F ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 123C Animal Science Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Housing; Pigs; Pork Quality

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BUILDING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEASON; STANDARDS; SWINE; TASTE; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MEAT; SEASONS; SWINE; TASTE;

EID: 0036651449     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2002.8071781x     Document Type: Article

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