Stocking density, pig welfare, and production profitability

Livestock Environment VII - Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 651-658

  Huang, H ^a   Miller, G Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimization; Pig production; Pig welfare; Profitability; Stocking density

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DECISION THEORY; MARKETING; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PIG PRODUCTION; PIG WELFARE; PROFITABILITY; STOCKING DENSITY;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 33645036533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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