The Effect of Dietary Fat Inclusion on Growth, Carcass Characteristics, and Chemical Composition of Rabbits

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2088-2094

  Fernandez C ^a   Fraga, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body Composition; Carcass; Fat; Growth; Rabbits; Slaughter Weight

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY FATS; EATING; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030239301     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7492088x     Document Type: Article

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