Energy intake and milk production in mink (mustela vison) - effect of litter size

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-242

  Fink, Rikke ^a   Tauson, Anne Helene ^a   Hansen, Kirsten Bislev ^a   Wamberg, S ^b   Kristensen, N B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Kit body composition; Milk intake; Nitrogen and water balance

Indexed keywords

MUSTELA VISON;

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; METABOLISM; MILK; MINK; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SUCKLING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; DRINKING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MILK; MINK; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0005117862     PISSN: 0003942X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390109386194     Document Type: Article

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