Physiological responses to divergent selection for daily food intake or lean growth rate in pigs

Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-34

  Cameron, N D ^a   McCullough, E ^a   Troup, K ^a   Penman, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Fatty acids; Lean growth; Pigs; Selection; Urea

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037314641     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800053285     Document Type: Article

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