The value of precision feeding technologies for grow-finish swine

Livestock Science

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 13-23

  Niemi, Jarkko K ^a   Sevón Aimonen, Marja Liisa ^a   Pietola, Kyösti ^a   Stalder, Kenneth J ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barley; Phase feeding; Pig; Soybean meal; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 77649272336     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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