Growth and carcass fatness responses of finishing pigs to dietary fat supplementation at a high ambient temperature

Animal Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 591-598

  Katsumata, M ^a   Kaji, Y ^a   Saitoh, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body fat; Dietary fat; Environmental temperature; Pigs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030167020     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800015149     Document Type: Article

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