Effect of piglet birth weight on survival and quality of commercial market swine

Livestock Science

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 98-106

  Fix, J S ^a   Cassady, J P ^a   Holl, J W ^b   Herring, W O ^b   Culbertson, M S ^b   See, M T ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Smithfield Premium Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Pigs; Quality; Survival

Indexed keywords

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 77954658643     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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