Pig characteristics associated with mortality and light exit weight for the nursery phase

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 560-566

  Larriestra, A J ^a,e   Wattanaphansak, S ^a   Neumann, E J ^b,d   Bradford, J ^c   Morrison, R B ^a   Deen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PORK BOARD   (United States)

^c ZOETIS   (United States)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEONATAL WEIGHT LOSS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33745934829     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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