Blood Urea Nitrogen as an Index of Feed Efficiency and Lean Growth Potential in Growing-Finishing Swine

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 811-816

  Whang, K Y ^a,b   Easter, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood Urea Nitrogen; Feed Efficiency; Lean Growth; Pigs

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034382233     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.811     Document Type: Article

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