Postnatal piglet husbandry practices and well-being: The effects of alternative techniques delivered separately

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1479-1492

  Marchant Forde, J N ^a   Lay Jr , D C ^a   McMunn, K A ^a   Cheng, H W ^a   Pajor, E A ^b   Marchant Forde, R M ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Pain; Physiology; Pig; Routine processing; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

HAEMULIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 63849327705     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1080     Document Type: Article

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