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Voluntary water use by growing pigs offered liquid foods of differing water-to-meal ratios

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

B. P. Gill
Affiliation:
Seale-Hayne College, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 6NQ
P. H. Brooks
Affiliation:
Seale-Hayne College, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 6NQ
J. L. Carpenter
Affiliation:
Seale-Hayne College, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 6NQ

Abstract

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Poster Abstracts
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1987

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