On-farm welfare and estimated daily carcass gain of slaughtered bulls

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-120

  Herva, T ^a,b   Virtala, A M ^b   Huuskonen, A ^c   Saatkamp, H W ^d   Peltoniemi, O ^b  

^a Atria Ltd   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beef production; Cohort study; Ration formulation; Space allowance; Welfare index

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449484089     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700903067311     Document Type: Article

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