Factors associated with suckling piglet average daily gain

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-102

  Johansen, Markku ^a   Alban, Lis ^a   Kjærsgård, Helle Dodensig ^a   Bækbo, Poul ^a  

^a Danske Slagterier   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Average daily gain (ADG); Piglets; Risk factors; Suckling period

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUCKLING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1942478542     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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