Two growth models to estimate economic values for food intake capacity in pigs

Animal Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-57

  Von Rohr, P ^a,b   Hofer, A ^a   Kunzi N ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food intake; Growth models; Pigs; Selection criteria

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0040294719     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800051080     Document Type: Article

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