Response of barrows to space allocation and ractopamine

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3373-3379

  Brumm, M C ^a,c   Miller, P S ^a   Thalert, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pigs; Ractopamine; Space Allocation

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 7244253157     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2004.82113373x     Document Type: Article

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