Effects of clinical lameness and tail biting lesions on voluntary feed intake in growing pigs

Livestock Science

Volumn 181, Issue , 2015, Pages 210-219

  Munsterhjelm, Camilla ^a   Heinonen, Mari ^a   Valros, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lameness; Pig; Sickness; Tail biting; Voluntary feed intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947711197     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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