Effect of Threonine Addition to a Low Protein Diet on IgG Levels in Body Fluid of First-Litter Sows and Their Piglets

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1157-1163

  Hsu, C B ^a   Cheng, S P ^a,b   Hsu, J C ^a,b   Yen, H T ^a  

^a Pig Research Institute Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin G; Piglets; Pregnancy Diets; Sows; Threonine

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0035587987     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.1157     Document Type: Article

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