Effect of feed intake during pregnancy on productive performance and grazing behaviour of primiparous sows kept in an outdoor system under tropical conditions

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-21

  Santos Ricalde, R H ^a   Lean, I J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digestible energy; Grazing; Pig feeding and nutrition; Pregnancy; Tropical environment

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036808819     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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