Effect of social group size and initial live weight on feeder space requirement of growing pigs given food ad libitum

Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-83

  Turner, S P ^a   Dahlgren, M ^a   Arey, D S ^a   Edwards, S A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Competition; Feed troughs; Group size; Pigs

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036690488     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800052851     Document Type: Article

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