Field trial to determine the impact of providing additional care to litters on weaning weight of pigs

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 390-395

  Dewey, Catherine E ^a   Gomes, Tara ^a   Richardson, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; IODINE;

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASTRATION; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LITTER SIZE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; WEANING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

SUIDAE;

EID: 56749167812     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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