Growth performance and digestive and metabolic responses of gilts penned individually or in groups of four

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 597-603

  Gomez, R S ^a,b   Lewis, A J ^a   Miller, P S ^a   Chen, H Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Gilts; Group Size; Growth; Metabolites

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; SWINE; UREA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034150785     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.783597x     Document Type: Article

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