The future of pork production in the world: Towards sustainable, welfare-positive systems

Animals

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 401-415

  McGlone, John J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Pigs; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879929811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani3020401     Document Type: Article

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