Effects of Chromium Supplementation and Lipopolysaccharide Injection on Physiological Responses of Weanling Pigs

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 528-534

  Lee, D N ^a   Weng, C F ^a,b   Yen, H T ^a,c   Shen, T F ^a,d   Chen, B J ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c Pig Research Institute Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chromium; Lipopolysaccharide; Physiological Response; Weanling Pig

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034383784     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.528     Document Type: Article

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