Colostrum and milk production

The Gestating and Lactating Sow

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 173-192

  Quesnel, H ^a,b   Farmer, Chantal ^c   Theil, P K ^d  

^a PEGASE   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colostrum yield; Lactogenesis; Milk yield; Piglet; Sow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930335527     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-803-2_8     Document Type: Chapter

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