Time trends of Gompertz growth parameters in 'meat-type' pigs

Animal Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-49

  Knap, P W ^a,b  

^a PIC Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Pigs; Simulation; Time trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342485900     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800051584     Document Type: Article

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