Food intake and live growth performance of pigs measured automatically and continuously from 25 to 115 kg live weight

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1150-1155

  Green, Darren M ^a   Brotherstone, Susan ^a   Schofield, C Paddy ^b   Whittemore, Colin T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth of pigs; Pig food intake

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RATE; LIVESTOCK; PIG;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0043235641     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1519     Document Type: Article

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