Effects of varying creep feed duration on pre-weaning and post-weaning performance and behavior of piglet and sow

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1601-1606

  Yan, L ^a   Jang, H D ^a   Kim, I H ^a  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Creep Feed; Duration; Piglet; Sow

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655192331     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2011.11181     Document Type: Article

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