Feeding behaviour and social influences on feed intake

Voluntary Feed Intake in Pigs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 293-306

  Manteca, F Xavier ^a   Edwards, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feed intake; Feeder design; Feeding space; Growth; Social stressors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957930176     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3921/978-90-8686-689-2     Document Type: Chapter

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