Performance, water use and effluent output of weaner pigs fed ad libitum with either dry pellets or liquid feed and the role of microbial activity in the liquid feed

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-16

  Russell, Peter J ^a   Geary, Tina M ^a   Brooks, Peter H ^a   Campbell, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

feed microbiology; feeding systems; liquid feeds; pigs; weaners

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029845171     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199609)72:1<8::AID-JSFA646>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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