Establishing Feed Intake and Growth Curves for Individual Growing-Finishing Pig Units

Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages

  De Lange, C F M ^a   Szkotnicki, B ^a   Murphy, J ^b   Dewey, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

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EID: 0347712339     PISSN: 01931903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (4)

1. National Research Council: Nutrient Requirements of Swine, ed 10. Washington DC, National Academic Press, 1998.
2. Schinckel AP, de Lange CFM: Characterization of growth parameters needed as inputs for pig growth models. J Anim Sci 74:2021-2036, 1996.
3. de Lange CFM, Patience JF, MacDonald D, Petracek RA: Effects of group size and gender on feed intake and growth curves in growing-finishing pigs, in Proceedings of the VII World Conference on Animal Production. Edmonton, Canada, University of Alberta, 1993, pp 228-229.
4. de Lange CFM, Schreurs H: Principles of model application, in Moughan PJ, Verstegen MWA, Visser-Reyneveld M (eds): Modelling Growth in the Pig. Purdoc, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Wageningen Pres, 1995, pp 187-208.