Lifetime reproductive performance of sows kept indoors and outdoors in Croatia

Veterinary Record

Volumn 154, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 569-570

  Cox, B ^a   Bilkei, G ^a  

^a Bilkei Consulting AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERD; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PIG FARMING; PROFIT; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 2442678901     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.154.18.569     Document Type: Article

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