Impact of Birth and Body Weight at Twenty Days on thePostweaning Growth of Pigs with Different Weaning Management

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-210

  Schinckel, A P ^a   Cabrera, R ^b,c   Boyd, R D ^b,d   Jungst, S ^b   Booher, C ^b   Johnston, M ^b,d   Einstein, M E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PIC North America   (United States)

^c Ralco Nutrition Inc   (United States)

^d Hanor Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth equation; Milk supplement; Pig growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449526313     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30965-7     Document Type: Article

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