The response of growing pigs to amino acids as influenced by environmental temperature: 2. Lysine

Animal Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 299-306

  Ferguson, N S ^a   Arnold, G A ^a   Lavers, G ^a   Gous, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Heat loss; Lysine; Pigs; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034382913     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800054758     Document Type: Article

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