The prediction of the voluntary food intake of pigs on poor quality foods

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 713-723

  Tsaras, L N ^a,b   Kyriazakis, I ^a   Emmans, G C ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Fibre; Food intake; Pigs; Water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039491586     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800009292     Document Type: Article

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