Application of broken-line analysis to assess floor space requirements of nursery and grower-finisher pigs expressed on an allometric basis

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 229-235

  Gonyou, H W ^a   Brumm, M C ^b   Bush, E ^c   Deen, J ^d   Edwards, S A ^e   Fangman, T ^f   McGlone, J J ^g   Meunier Salaun, M ^h   Morrison, R B ^d   Spoolder, H ⁱ   Sundberg, P L ^j   Johnson, A K ^j,k  

^a PRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE INC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^g TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CEMAGREF   (France)

ⁱ WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j NATIONAL PORK BOARD   (United States)

^k IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Analysis; Growth; Model; Performance; Pig; Space requirement

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33748786290     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2006.841229x     Document Type: Article

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