Effect of dietary fish oil supplied to pigs from weaning to 60 kg liveweight on performance, tissue fatty acid composition and palatability of pork when slaughtered at 100 kg liveweight

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 441-456

  Lauridsen, Charlotte ^a   Andersen, Grete ^b   Andersson, Marchen ^c   Danielsen, Viggo ^a   Engberg, Ricarda ^a   Jakobsen, Kirsten ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b Federation of Danish Pig Producers   (Denmark)

^c DANISH MEAT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal fat; Coconut oil; Fish oil; n 3 fatty acids; Performance; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SUS SCROFA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0000878676     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/69110/1999     Document Type: Article

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