Fecal free: Biology and authority in industrialized Midwestern pork production

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-93

  Rich, Ronald ^a  

^a Henry Ford Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Animal biology; Contract agriculture; Hog production; Midwestern US

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 36849053036     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-007-9094-9     Document Type: Article

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