Within-litter birth weight variation in the domestic pig and its relation to pre-weaning survival, weight gain, and variation in weaning weights
- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Livestock Production Science
- Vol. 76 (1-2), 181-191
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0301-6226(02)00012-x
Abstract
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