Effect of piglet birth weight on weights at weaning and 42 days post weaning

Journal of Swine Health and Production

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 213-218

  Smith, Alison L ^a   Stalder, Kenneth J ^a   Serenius, Timo V ^a   Baas, Tom T ^a   Mabry, John W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Nursery performance; Preweaning mortality; Swine; Weaning weight

Indexed keywords

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EID: 34547148619     PISSN: 1537209X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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