Behavioural changes and adaptations associated with weaning

Weaning the pig: concepts and consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 53-60

  Mormede P ^a   Hay, M ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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