Interrelationships between dietary ractopamine, energy intake, and sex in pigs

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 565-574

  Dunshea, F R ^a   King, R H ^a   Eason, P J ^a   Campbell, R G ^b  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Bunge Meat Industries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fat deposition; Pig; Protein deposition; agonist

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031921503     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/A97106     Document Type: Article

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