Technical review of the energy and protein requirements of growing pigs: Food intake

Animal Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-17

  Whittemore, C T ^a   Green, D M ^a   Knap, P W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Food intake; Growth; Nutrient requirements; Pigs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035435113     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800058008     Document Type: Article

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