Articles | Volume 60, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-213-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-213-2017
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20 Jul 2017
Original study |  | 20 Jul 2017

Effects of gender and diet on back fat and loin area ultrasound measurements during the growth and final stage of fattening in Iberian pigs

Ana González, Dolores Ayuso, Francisco Peña, Andrés L. Martínez, and Mercedes Izquierdo

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