Growth-promoting efficacy of pharmacological doses of tetrabasic zinc chloride in diets for nursery pigs

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 387-391

  Mavromichalis, Ioannis ^a,c   Webel, Douglas M ^b   Parr, Eric N ^b   Baker, David H ^a,d  

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

^b JBS United   (United States)

^c SCA Nutrition Ltd   (United States)

^d Animal Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth promotion; Nursery pigs; Tetrabasic zinc chloride; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0035643675     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A01-005     Document Type: Article

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