Effect of feeding supplemental copper on performance, fatty acid profile and on cholesterol contents and oxidative stability of meat of rabbits

Archives of Animal Nutrition/Archiv fur Tierernahrung

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 329-339

  Skrivanova V ^a   Skrivan M ^b   Marounek, M ^c   Baran, M ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Copper; Fatty acids; Meat quality; Performance; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041885316     PISSN: 0003942X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390109381989     Document Type: Article

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