Effects of facility design on behavior and feed and water intake

Swine Nutrition, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 499-518

  Brumm, Michael C ^a   Gonyou, Harold W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b PRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE INC   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420041842     Document Type: Chapter

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