Performance and hormone levels of immunocastrated, surgically castrated and intact male pigs fed ad libitum high- and low-energy diets

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Zeng, X Y ^a   Turkstra, J A ^b   Jongbloed, A W ^b   Van Diepen, J Th M ^b   Meloen, R H ^b   Oonk, H B ^b   Guo, D Z ^a   Van De Wiel, D F M ^b  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Energy density diet; GnRH; Immunocastrates; Performance; Pig feeding and nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036808846     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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