Management factors affecting mortality, feed intake and feed conversion ratio of grow-finishing pigs

Animal

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1312-1318

  Agostini, P S ^a   Fahey, A G ^b   Manzanilla, E G ^a   O'Doherty, J V ^b   De Blas, C ^c   Gasa, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

feed conversion ratio; grow finishing pigs; mortality; production system; total feed intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; EATING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; EATING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84904676664     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731113001912     Document Type: Article

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