Effects of Expander Conditioning of Complex Nursery Diets on Growth Performance of Weanling Pigs

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 395-399

  Johnston, S L ^a   Hines, R H ^a   Hancock, J D ^a   Behnke, K C ^c   Traylor, S L ^c   Chae, B J ^b   Han, In K ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Expander; Growth performance; Nursery diet; Weanling pigs

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; SUS SCROFA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0011915542     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1999.395     Document Type: Article

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