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Animals (Basel). 2020 Sep 16;10(9). doi: 10.3390/ani10091666.

Effects of Growing-Finishing Pig Stocking Rates on Bermudagrass Ground Cover and Soil Properties.

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI

Silvana Pietrosemoli, Charles Raczkowski, James T Green, Maria Jesús Villamide

Affiliations

  1. Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7621, USA.
  2. Departamento de Producción Agraria, E.T.S.I. Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
  3. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA.
  4. Department of Crop and Soil Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7621, USA.

PMID: 32947850 PMCID: PMC7552249 DOI: 10.3390/ani10091666

Abstract

This study compares four stocking rates (37, 74, 111 and 148 pigs ha

Keywords: bermudagrass; ground cover; nutrients distribution; outdoor pigs; pasture pigs; soil depth; soil nutrients; soil properties; soil sampling position; stocking rates

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